That "article" belongs in a rag such as the (US) National Inquirier...come one people. You're really not that bored?!
And JFK was killed by Hobbits. MRW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schwartz Avi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Why MicroSlop wants Google! > > On Nov 11, 2003, at 10:13, Franki wrote: > > > Schwartz Avi wrote: > > > >> On Nov 11, 2003, at 8:21, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >>> > >>> Check it out - very interesting reading. > >>> > >>> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12603 > >> Unfortunately for the Inquirer, the article is wrong. If you run the > >> "Linux Windows" search you get on the first page indeed 'Results 1-15 > >> of about 18 containing "Linux Windows"' but if you click on Next now > >> it changes to 'Results 16-30 of about 8921757 containing "Linux > >> Windows"'. At the same time, Google gives me 'Results 1 - 10 of > >> about 9,370,000'. So the difference is not as big as claimed. How > >> hard was it for the writer to test it out first? > >> Avi > > > > > > Yes, but its also possible that microsoft tweaked it when the article > > was released... > > It would be very bad press if mainsteam media noticed it and were > > able to verify... > > > > We just don't know. which means if MS did tweak it, then they got > > away with it. > > Their search sucks but I don't think it is because of bad intentions as > much as incompetence. If you search for Windows on MSN you'd expect to > see many millions of pages, right. Wrong: > > I tried the same with searching for "Windows". MSN initially gave me > 2399 results but after many clicks on Next it ended up being only 1069! > Google gave me 98,600,000. Can you say MSN sucks? Yes, but that is > all you can say about them. > > Avi > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/03
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