15th May 2007

Crazy idea: Search on Google

posted in GWHG |

I may be going out on a limb here, but I would think that anyone familiar enough with the concept of getting their website listed on Google and having such an interest that they’d seek out help in that manner would understand the use of the Google as a search resource.

But surprisingly, when someone stubmles their way into Google’s Webmaster Help Group they loose all abilities to search the thousands and thousands of questions that were asked and answered before them.

If Google gave me a nickle for every time someone asked when their PageRank would update or why link: doesn’t show all of their links, I’d be flying along side Larry and Sergey in my  767 / space shuttle / flying electric car or whatever else I could afford then.

Okay, onto the point of this post.  I wanted to upload the following picture, so I could point out to newbies that Google has developed this new SEARCH technology, and where it is.  I could have FTP’d it, but opening up wordpress is easier, and now I’ve got something to point them to.

search-this-group.png

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  1. 1 MyAvatars 0.2 On May 15th, 2007, JohnMu said:

    The only problem is that it doesn’t go back all the way. But I suppose those “my pagerank changed, help” will find something. Did you notice how it automatically does a search when you start a new topic? Pretty neat. It would be neater if it searched after you started the topic and asked “does one of these postings answer your question? Hit ‘discard’ to remove your new thread.”

  2. 2 MyAvatars 0.2 On May 15th, 2007, JLH said:

    I’ve proposed this before, and it made a “thud” you could hear the world over.

    Have you ever tried to send Microsoft an email? They make you go through 300 automated question and answer logic trees before you get to the page that finally says, “Okay, please ask your question” Pain in the A$$ yes, but I bet it weeds out a lot of questions, that have been asked and answered 1000s of times.

    This is not that difficult, just needs someones full attention other than as a passing fancy.

    I didn’t know their archives don’t go back all the way, maybe they could add a paypal donate button so that Google could afford a couple other servers.

  3. 3 MyAvatars 0.2 On May 17th, 2007, pat said:

    wow. that would be cool, until then the age old question of why the f*** do they do that?
    Unfortunately I think they always will though.

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