Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy.
My initials tjp trigger tjpa and I'm #2 on the page. Regrettably, my initials are the same as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow disease. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy…
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/a-is-for-amazon-b-is-for-best-buy/?partner=yahoofinance Go to Google’s home page or browser toolbar and type a single letter into the search box. The search engine will then drop down a list of suggestions, based on overall search activity... See who first on the list. I think it interesting that most of the top 10 listed terms for each letter involve consumer goods. Shows what the Internet has become. I think that Google, as well as other search engines, will accept money from entities so that their names will appear at or near the the top of any such listings. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
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On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:30 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that Google, as well as other search engines, will accept money from entities so that their names will appear at or near the the top of any such listings. G's is based on the popularity of the search term. Maybe you are thinking of M$? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:54 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:30 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that Google, as well as other search engines, will accept money from entities so that their names will appear at or near the the top of any such listings. G's is based on the popularity of the search term. Maybe you are thinking of M$? Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least indicates paid links on the top of the list with an orange box. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
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On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:42 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least indicates paid links on the top of the list with an orange box. But that's not what we are looking at. We are looking at the suggested searches that appear when you type in G's home page search field. Those are supposed to be based on popularity. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
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As do MS and Yahoo. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:42 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.comwrote: Well G does do both. Try searching Lawn Mower and you will get three Sears listings in orange. The top links are often paid links as well as all the ones on the right. Google at least indicates paid links on the top of the list with an orange box. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy…
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/a-is-for-amazon-b-is-for-best-buy/?partner=yahoofinance Go to Google’s home page or browser toolbar and type a single letter into the search box. The search engine will then drop down a list of suggestions, based on overall search activity... See who first on the list. I think it interesting that most of the top 10 listed terms for each letter involve consumer goods. Shows what the Internet has become. Here's another game. How few characters are needed to get yourself on the list. For me it is 3. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy…
I barely show up after typing my whole name. I typed yours and got to Tom Piw before it knew you. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:26 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/a-is-for-amazon-b-is-for-best-buy/?partner=yahoofinance Go to Google’s home page or browser toolbar and type a single letter into the search box. The search engine will then drop down a list of suggestions, based on overall search activity... See who first on the list. I think it interesting that most of the top 10 listed terms for each letter involve consumer goods. Shows what the Internet has become. Here's another game. How few characters are needed to get yourself on the list. For me it is 3. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy
I don't show up my name does but I don't. Guess I have a common name. You would have to add my middle name to possibly find me, but even then probably note. Stewart At 08:03 PM 1/25/2010, you wrote: I barely show up after typing my whole name. I typed yours and got to Tom Piw before it knew you. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy…
I don't show up no matter how much I type. Hard to believe I've kept myself that well hidden all these years. BTW, yours takes me 4 - piwo. Apparently it's using my gmail cache or something. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:26 PM, tjp t...@tjpa.com wrote: Here's another game. How few characters are needed to get yourself on the list. For me it is 3. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy.
Here's another game. How few characters are needed to get yourself on the list. For me it is 3. 3 for me too (in my case, it's the name of a freeware program I wrote in the 80s). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy.
Yer famous! On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote: Here's another game. How few characters are needed to get yourself on the list. For me it is 3. 3 for me too (in my case, it's the name of a freeware program I wrote in the 80s). * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] A Is for Amazon, B Is for Best Buy.
On Jan 25, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Chris Dunford wrote: 3 for me too (in my case, it's the name of a freeware program I wrote in the 80s). My initials tjp trigger tjpa and I'm #2 on the page. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
