Try searching for something and all search engines would end up with many results.. about billions but they would be searching for just one word of what you typed...
If you try searching for ABOUT YOU, they would give results to only the YOU in the key words..
Is that the new system? I is so uneffective and it surely makes the internet useless....
2006-08-16 16:32:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
What, you want to search for yourself? Then search for your name or something that identifies you. I'm glad search engines are stupid. If search engines knew everything "about you" you'd be pretty afraid too.
Seriously, if you want to find something, sometimes you have to know how things are. Pages are generally indexed by keyword and then sometimes some index of related words or phrases are used and then that is indexed as well. Sometimes its useful to search by a single site alone:
Also the web is a lot bigger and badder than it used to be. There's dynamic content (which generally isn't indexed), automatically generated (garbage) content which appears to be used for click or advertising fraud, and people have found out google's tricks of website ranking and by using strategically generated content, websites can be ranked almost arbitrarily. I think some companies have developed numerous websites with almost identical content that link to each other just to push their google rankings up.
I'm a little depressed about the whole thing actually. It seems the information age has become an disinformation war. As long as people work for their own greed and continually attempt to defeat search engine rankings for their own profit (using an ever increasing number of computer "daemons" to do their bidding), I have to wonder how long we as a society will last.
But assuming we have a long time before we've damned ourselves, you need to learn how to cope. Find a few trusted websites, bookmark them, and learn how to search. Take a look at the advanced search options for any website and use them. I find searching by phrase and by website especially useful. Don't forget that your hometown library is still a good resource, even if the information is old. If you want the latest information, consider a college library and find a helpful librarian to help you find whatever you need any of the pure media related or academic search engines.
You cannot trust the computer to do all the thinking for you. You must do some yourself.
2006-08-16 17:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Internet is mostly based on lies and illusions spreading them around. Nobody wants the truth or live rightfully. So instead we choose to go our own way.
The Web 2.0 is here and is a for the government web backed by big corporations that pay people to lobby for more regulations so the little people get F'd so as a result search engines are now controlled to show you what THEY want not what you think you want.
In the early days of search engines it was mostly anti virus software companies (Norton) (McAfee).etc fighting each other by hacking into each other's systems. Big brother has very little to do with the web and were outdated themselves in technology up thru the late 90s.
We lived in the mountains of California in the mid 90s and our town had telephone operators up to the late 80s where you still dialed the operator and told her who you wanted to call!
When we moved there the town had just switched to automatic systems.
Sorry for swearing but I had to emphasize my point.
Government is generally slow to innovate but once they do they will do their best to control you.
2014-10-27 07:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Search engines work for those who know how to work them.
Try reading the help pages on the site you are searching with.
If you want to find websites that specifically use "about you" in that grouping and not one or the other word alone, or maybe the word "about" at the top of the page and "you" at the bottom. All you gotta do is put the words in quotes, ie "about you".
There are lots more tricks. Good luck!
2006-08-16 16:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by whatispunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people that ask questions on Yahoo Answers more than likely looked for something on a search engine, but chose to post a question on here to get opinions or experiences of other people.
2016-03-27 05:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you doing a search on a phrase (as opposed to a single word) put the entire phrase in quotation marks. Try to avoid using words like: A and THE
Be as specific as possible. If you're searching for a list of MiniVans for sale in Dallas, Texas, eliminate the typical words and put the entire phrase in quotes:
"MiniVans Dallas Texas"
2006-08-16 16:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by ALKaholic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they hav no brains search engines can't think they follow a line of code a human is 1000 times better a search engine then anything else. search engines can only go as far as people make them.
2006-08-16 16:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by Runeplayer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have learned that problems do not lie with computers or search engines - they only do what they're told.
To search "about you" or any occasion of more than one word, put the series of words in quotes.
Try it.
2006-08-16 16:40:53 · answer #7 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It use to be that if you used quotes around what you were asking for it would treat it as one query. But now it ignores the quotes and gives you hundreds of sites that IT thinks you might want. Kill the designers is the only relief.
2013-11-16 21:08:13 · answer #8 · answered by Tony 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well they really don't have the mind. they can't distinguish between foolowing:
stop do not eat AND do not stop eat
YOU will get same result.
2006-08-16 16:39:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try seaching "About You" inside quotes.
or even About +You works better.
2006-08-16 16:40:18 · answer #10 · answered by Narend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋