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Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by ja2ke »

pushingbits wrote: post #109
ja2ke wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Side note: With results-as-you-type now being the default even from the Google front page, isn't "I'm feeling lucky" a totally vestigial button at this point?

Wrote a blog post a couple weeks ago about turning it into a keyword quick search. http://www.pushingbits.net/posts/google-im-feeling-lucky-add... Very useful.

The Firefox address bar can be set jump straight to the "I'm feeling lucky" result instead of showing search results when it's confide t enough in the search.

That behavior alone, which for some reason nobody else replicates as a feature of their browser, kept me using FF for years longer than I would have otherwise. The FF address bar is still best in class in my opinion.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by ristretto »

ja2ke wrote: post #69
js2 wrote: post #29

A few years back, Sergey and Larry were on NPR's Fresh Air. At one point in the interview, Terry Gross says "I tried searching for 'Google' by putting 'Google' into the search box and clicking I'm Feeling Lucky, but it didn't seem to do anything." Larry tries to explain what happened, but it seemed to go over Terry's head. At one point during the explanation I think Sergey mentioned recursion, and Terry asks "Recur-w…

Side note: With results-as-you-type now being the default even from the Google front page, isn't "I'm feeling lucky" a totally vestigial button at this point?

I think it's a psychological trick that Google is using, trying to instill to you the idea that you 're lucky to be their customer. </conspiracy

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by joe_the_user »

Retric wrote: post #102
joe_the_user wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And humorously enough, the present "I'm feeling lucky" button literally cannot be pressed ... except on the initial, empty search box ... under which circumstances it leads you to ... a list old Google Doodles... Feelin' Lucky now? Guy...

Umm, I just used it and it worked fine. List > (i am feeling lucky) = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29 PS: Not everyone enables scripts.

I suppose it depends on the browser and whether you use Google instant (which is on by default).

As soon as I type a letter, the "lucky" button vanishes.

Re: Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result

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Post by svigraham »

uxp wrote: post #76
ja2ke wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Side note: With results-as-you-type now being the default even from the Google front page, isn't "I'm feeling lucky" a totally vestigial button at this point?

Another non-cited story I've heard is an A/B test, or similar, was once done where they removed the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button from the front page, and an overwhelming number of users said they did not like the solitary search button. Having both gave the users a sense of choice, even though (as the story goes), "I'm feeling lucky" is used by only a small fraction of a percent of users.

Thats funny. It has become an association at this point with Google.
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