Comments on: More Proof that Google is Broken http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/06/25/more-proof-that-google-is-broken/ The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathryn Greenhill http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/06/25/more-proof-that-google-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-9735 Kathryn Greenhill Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:20:50 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/06/25/more-proof-that-google-is-broken/#comment-9735 One of my tech-savvy students told me that if you are logged into any google service (like gmail) at the same time as you do a google search, the results that display at the top of a search are sites you commonly access. Still neeed to fiddle about to check whether he is right. Maybe google isn't being your mad auntie in the attic, but it your creepy uncle standing to close at your sister's birthday party. One of my tech-savvy students told me that if you are logged into any google service (like gmail) at the same time as you do a google search, the results that display at the top of a search are sites you commonly access.

Still neeed to fiddle about to check whether he is right.

Maybe google isn’t being your mad auntie in the attic, but it your creepy uncle standing to close at your sister’s birthday party.

]]> By: Bob http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/06/25/more-proof-that-google-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-9722 Bob Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:59:11 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/06/25/more-proof-that-google-is-broken/#comment-9722 Yes, Google has been broken for a long time. Combine that with advertisers gaming the system, and you have some terrible search results. Yahoo isn't much better. Not sure what the answer is. They are going to have to come up with some way of filtering out the commercial sites that just aren't relevant. Yes, Google has been broken for a long time. Combine that with advertisers gaming the system, and you have some terrible search results.

Yahoo isn’t much better.

Not sure what the answer is. They are going to have to come up with some way of filtering out the commercial sites that just aren’t relevant.

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