Posts from — June 2011

How many of you are tired of Google Instant!? I for one am tired of the way Google just shoves Google Instant in our faces with no real way to turn it off. It’s so annoying…they do give you a way to turn it off temporarily, but as soon as you close your browser and then open it again…it’s back…like a bad case of herpes, it never goes away!

I stumbled upon this url in my travels:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en, bookmark that url, drag it onto your browser’s bookmark toolbar and use it all the time…you’ll never have to use Google Instant again…it’s so beautiful it makes me want to cry!!

Anyway, enjoy your now liberated online experience without having Google shove what they think you want down your throat!! I actually think Google instant is their way of directing you to sites they want you to visit…it’s another possible revenue stream for them…kind of like when Yahoo started there Search Submission Pro program.

In case you’ve never heard of that, here’s what it is: Yahoo allows you to pay for what used to be organic positioning in their "search engine" results…but now you can pay to get higher listings…I shouldn’t say "now", because it’s been going on since around 2006…I think Google is trying the same thing, but in an underhanded way! Just a conspiracy theory.

I was reading an article about the Google Plus One feature that was rolled out…it’s their attempt to match the Facebook Like button. I noticed that the Google +1 only shows up in results when you’re logged into your Google Account…you could say, it’s the same thing with Facebook…but, Facebook allows your friends to see that you like one thing or another…Google really doesn’t…they do, but nobody really hangs out in their Google accounts!

In their continuous effort to bring you personalized results, I think Google’s +1 button is there for that exact reason…so they can see what you like and then deliver more of that to you. Facebook does the same thing, but their like button allows marketers to use this information and also allows users to get their friend’s recommendations on products, music or whatever.

Bing is trying to bring this to their results, which I think will clutter the results with junk…If I wanted my friend’s opinions on anything, I would ask them…I don’t need Bing, Google or any other website to help me decide what I want…but the World needs ditch diggers too!