There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
On the other hand, they are becoming a de facto standard source of all information.
I like the fact that there are no advertisements
It is incorrect to think of Google as the "source of of all information" as they present a search engine only.
fred rosenberger wrote:I'm kind of torn on this. anyone have an opinion?
I like the fact that there are no advertisements, articles or other distractions on their main web page.
Their main business is as an ad broker. Search results I get from them are full of sponsored links.
fred rosenberger wrote:... On the other hand, they are becoming a de facto standard source of all information...
"We're kind of on the level of crossword puzzle writers... And no one ever goes to them and gives them an award." ~Joe Strummer
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There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:If you had a florist near me that didn't appear here, wouldn't you be upset?
If I owned the florist shop, and if the shop had a good website, sure.
Jimmy Clark wrote:"good website" What does "good website" mean? Google's interpretation of "good", something friendly for their bots, spiders and indexing algorithms, something that does not conflict with their rules of "good."
Jimmy Clark wrote:If you compare the Google.com main web page and the Yahoo.com main web page, you will see a big difference.
There are no advertisements on the Google.com main web page. .