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Google News turns 10

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Re: Google News turns 10

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Post by 0ack »

WalterGR wrote: post #4
snogglethorpe wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm? It feels like Google's been around forever ... the pre-Google past seems almost mythical...

Nah. In fact, AltaVista was fine until they stopped supporting exact phrase searches.

True. AltaVista was certainly good enough for me.

I distinctly remember when someone recommended Google to me. I tried it and was unimpressed. They had a sparse index.html (which has served them well over the years) but other than that, AltaVista was still better. AltaVista was the first real search engine and I still think it was the best.

Re: Google News turns 10

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Post by VMG »

WalterGR wrote: post #4
snogglethorpe wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm? It feels like Google's been around forever ... the pre-Google past seems almost mythical...

Nah. In fact, AltaVista was fine until they stopped supporting exact phrase searches.

Not for everybody. I remember it being bloated and easily tricked. SEO in those days was just jamming keywords into the page repeatedly. I also don't remember exact pharase searches.

If AltaVista had been fine, Google wouldn't have grown so easily.

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Post by s_henry_paulson »

VMG wrote: post #7
WalterGR wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah. In fact, AltaVista was fine until they stopped supporting exact phrase searches.

Not for everybody. I remember it being bloated and easily tricked. SEO in those days was just jamming keywords into the page repeatedly. I also don't remember exact pharase searches. If AltaVista had been fine, Google wouldn't have grown so easily.

Honestly, the only reason I switched was the interface.

A blank webpage was preferable to all that clutter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Altavista-1999.png

Re: Google News turns 10

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Post by tocomment »

I think google news needs a really easy way to report sites that don't work. I'd say 10% of the time I'll click through to an article and it will throw a paywall up, or simply redirect me, or tell me the article doesn't exist.

Also I'd love the ability to block certain sources e.g., the wall street journal since I'm not interested in reading the just the first four sentences of the article.

Re: Google News turns 10

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Post by vibrunazo »

tocomment wrote: post #9

I think google news needs a really easy way to report sites that don't work. I'd say 10% of the time I'll click through to an article and it will throw a paywall up, or simply redirect me, or tell me the article doesn't exist. Also I'd love the ability to block certain sources e.g., the wall street journal since I'm not interested in reading the just the first four sentences of the article.

You can block any source you want. I have many sources blocked (ie TechCrunch) and others favorited (ie Verge). Just go to settings.
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