Buzz is fine. But what was wrong with Code Search?
Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
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Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#32I'm surprised about the Code Search news. That seems to be squarely within Google's mission.
How do you sell ads on a bunch of code results? That's the only logical explanation I see for shutting this down.
I find a globally-searchable database of code useful enough to want to rewrite this myself. I won't get all of the Internet, but if I can get Github and GNU / Apache / etc., it will be enough.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#33i don't understand why codesearch has to go. granted, it felt a bit neglected lately, but it was truly useful.
i wish there was a way for google to open source their abandoned projects. i'm sure someone would be willing to offer a similar service by basing it what the google code search already does.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would guess the other half of this initiative would be to only launch projects that have plans that involve profit. Like I understand killing something off if it doesn't catch on, but I don't see how Google Code Search could ever make Google much money over their normal search.
I hope you're wrong, because I kind of like how willing Google is to start crazy projects. I also think that making money directly shouldn't necessarily be the sole motivator for projects for Google. Google makes money as people use the web. The better they make the web, the better it is for Google.
I second Joe's sentiment here. I would much prefer discussing how Google abandoned a project, rather than never having tried it at all. Trying and failing is a far better outcome than never having tried at all.
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#35What is the best alternative to Google Code Search?
Recently I have found out that google search "function/class/variable/anything else filetype:extension" works even better than google code search.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#36Does anyone know what they mean by this?
"we will remove iGoogle's social features on January 15, 2012. iGoogle itself, and non-social iGoogle applications, will stay as they are."
Are they referring to Google Chat or are they referring to iGoogle widgets that have "social features" (e.g. Twitter widgets, Facebook widgets, etc.)?
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#37I'm very disappointed to see google code search go. It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes). Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into goog…
Did they give a reason for shutting down code search? I didn't see it but think it deserves some kind of explanation of the decision.
It costs money. The kind of people who use it probably have adblock installed. It's not surprising that they would cancel it, they are a company driven by profit after all. I don't think there is really much to explain. Maybe once it had utility as a way to earn good will among developers, but presumably they don't care too much about that these days, given how little competition and how much brand recognition they have. (Is Steve Yegge is still wondering about that 'arrogance' thing?).
Every time you perform a normal Google search be thankful for all the people who browse the internet without adblock: they are subsidising you.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#38What is the best alternative to Google Code Search?
http://www.koders.com or http://opensearch.krugle.org
Thanks. It seems like these two options are way behind Google Search. Maybe there is opportunity here to build a pay service for developers (like to find implementation patterns, common bugs, etc.).
Anyway, I just want to express my disbelief with this google decision: Google is synonym for search. All kind of searches.
Meaning if Google cannot provide good search for open source code then something is terribly wrong. When can say everything about Google and some failures of Google, but they are very very good in search. And, they want to be around for next 15 years, they must not lose on that front (even if it is just "open source search").
Anyway, I hope DuckDuckGo or some other search engine will try to do something here...
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#39That's what I really like about Google. A company with too many products just hanging in there making losses is a company with a low morale. I think accepting the loss and shutting down low performance products is very important.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#40I'm very disappointed to see google code search go. It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes). Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into goog…
Same here with code search. Why write code that already exists? Code Search helped me find exactly what I needed for a few open-source projects I worked on.
Google Buzz was dead before it launched.