Comments on: Ten Reasons It’s So Damn Hard to Out-Google Google

By: Wolfram|Alpha: This Could Be the Start of Something Big | Technologizer

Sat, 16 May 2009 18:00:34 +0000

[...] a smart guy, but it was reasonable to greet his enthusiasm with skepticism–new stuff gets favorably compared to Google all the time, and often turns out to be massively disappointing. But Wolfram|Alpha is now [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:01:03 +0000

I’d still like to see a search engine do better. Google isn’t perfect search.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:07:27 +0000

Actually, there's a whole O'Reilly book about Google Hacks, including two chapters on searching tips/tricks. (Computerworld did an excerpt from the book a few years ago, although the hack we picked involved Gmail, not the search engine). There are plenty of advanced things one can do to use Google that involve more than just typing a simple query into that home page box. The genius of Google is that most people don't feel the need to have to dive into advanced features in order to get useful results, but advanced capabilities are there for those who are interested.

By: Anonymous Tech Writer

Anonymous Tech Writer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:36 +0000

The #1 dumbest thing on Earth to launch: A quill pen.

The #2 dumbest thing on Earth to launch: A search engine.

What a waste of time and effort. Only Google can kill Google, just like only Microsoft can kill Microsoft (and is doing a pretty good job of it with Vista and Office 2007).