Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ...

From	"john james" <jj9801@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject	Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ...
Date	2015-02-06 04:35 +1100
Message-ID	<cjho0kFodvjU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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"Lewis" <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote in message 
news:slrnmd6bqn.2r4.g.kreme@kreme.eternal-september.org...
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? john james <jj9801@nospam.com> was all, 
> like:
>
>
>> "Alan Browne" <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
>> news:yMOdnSrQAcwqvU_JnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> On 2015.02.03 14:11 , bne9988 wrote:
>>>> On 2015-02-01 19:01:05 +0000, Invid Fan said:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <NLOdnQCjQLGM3lPJnZ2dnUU7-SGdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan 
>>>>> Browne
>>>>> <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently the Apple/Google deal on default search for Safari (OS X 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> iOS) will end soon and Yahoo and MS are vying to be the new default
>>>>>> search engine.
>>>>>>
>>>>> It would be funny if Apple went with Duck Duck Go, just to piss the
>>>>> others off (It's already one of the options)
>>>>
>>>> That would be fantastic. Not only would it piss off the others, but it
>>>> would also make a statement that Apple is a company that supports
>>>> privacy... at least it would seem like they do.
>>>
>>> You could always wrap your Google (or other) searches via Tor browser
>>> making you pretty much untrackable.  I tried it recently and its speed 
>>> (I
>>> mean network side) is improving to the point of not being a drag 
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> As to best search engine we assume that Google is the best, or maybe 
>>> Bing
>>> is.  Or perhaps Yahoo (which uses Bing).
>>>
>>> How does one 'certify' (or otherwise measure) the completeness of a 
>>> search
>>> site's content library?
>
>> That isn't necessarily what most want from a search engine,
>> for many it’s getting the hits sorted so the one they want is
>> on the first page and one which works out what you meant
>> rather than what you actually typed, particularly with typos
>> and alternate keywords that are more commonly used.
>
> I read somewhere that more than 80% of google searches either resulted
> in a click on one of the first three results, an ad, or no click at all.
> Less than 5% ever resulted in loading the second page of results.

Yeah, I don’t often need to go past the first page.

> Can't find the source now, so maybe the numbers are off. But I bet not.
> I've certainly told many people that there are multiple pages to the
> search results, to their surprise.
>
> That said, going to page 10 of results on Google can be amusing.
>
> -- 
> http://2blog.kreme.com

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