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Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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No kidding. If they displayed an answer or two I might have even considered joining up. When EE was prevalent in Google Search results, it would always make me upset when one of the results looked promising and then I realized I had clicked an EE link. StackOverflow and its success should be a lesson to EE.

Just scroll to the bottom. The answers ARE there.

Sure, but I'd expect the top results to be BOTH pertinent and user-friendly.

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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Jees. Talk about sour grapes... If EE wants to know why they weren't picked for the Q&A site pow-wow while StackExchange and Quora were, they should look no further than themselves. Let's take a look at one of their current top answers: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Virus_and_Spyware/Anti-Virus... 30 day trial?! Subscribe now?! Who do they think they're kidding? Or really: who actually uses this thing? Before the o…

You do have to feel for them though. The new sites on the block don't have to care about making money. They've got the VC money flowing nicely. So they can just have a free, open, lovely website.

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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Only when you directly link from Google. If you try to search anything on the site itself? It tries to con you into signing up.

It's easy to find the link via google: search for 'site:experts-exchange.com " "'

That's not easy.

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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post #117

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Unfortunately either my scroll wheel breaks or I get RSI in my index finger long before I reach the bottom..

Hit the 'End' key! :)

Middle click scroll is one of the greatest inventions. Some might say the printing press or the wheel, but those pale in comparison.

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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There was this time when Google used to let me remove links from the search results (personalization, I presume) and I would RELIGIOUSLY remove expertsexchange.com. It also used to fill me with warmth to know that several other geeks probably did the same! :-)

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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post #125

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Middle click scroll is one of the greatest inventions. Some might say the printing press or the wheel, but those pale in comparison.

Or the "End" key.

The end key goes too far for scanning. If I want to quickly scan for something, page down and end are too abrupt.

With middle click scrolling I can go as quickly or slowly as I need to.

Of course, the only time I use middle click on EE is to close the tab if I open it by mistake. :)

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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post #94

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No kidding. If they displayed an answer or two I might have even considered joining up. When EE was prevalent in Google Search results, it would always make me upset when one of the results looked promising and then I realized I had clicked an EE link. StackOverflow and its success should be a lesson to EE.

Just scroll to the bottom. The answers ARE there.

The reason is super simple: Google demanded that if you index content on a page, that content must be freely accessible. You can't index what you don't show. EE made the hack to the layout. It was not always like that. I remember searching google help for ways to block domains (ee) from their results. Apparently that was the only reason anyone wanted to block domains :P

Re: Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review

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post #128

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Or the "End" key.

The end key goes too far for scanning. If I want to quickly scan for something, page down and end are too abrupt. With middle click scrolling I can go as quickly or slowly as I need to. Of course, the only time I use middle click on EE is to close the tab if I open it by mistake. :)

Oh, yes, I meant specifically for EE, the end key works great there.
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