Aw Diddums

Nov 17, 2007 at 21:49 o\clock

Waiting on the World to Change

by: Diddums   Category: Technology, Software and Editing   Keywords: blog, searching, habit, change, Terms, Data, Private, information

Mood: Tiring
Listening to: House buzzing


I have a link to the Webfetch metasearch engine (I hope that's the right term). It compiles the results from several search engines including Google. However, they don't pass any 'identifiable' data to them - see Cookies in Webfetch's blog. It's worth reading even if you're happy with your current search engine.

I was particularly fascinated by the 'show engine position' feature - you can see which engines had which results. I tried a Webfetch search for a friend's site, and discovered it was on only three search engines. Quite a nifty way of checking! Some of the results were not on Google - it seems that some pages from the same site are, some are not.

Webfetch was recommended by the ComputerActive magazine a few issues back.

I meant to use it more than I did, and still found myself Googling, but largely that was because I have a Firefox browser with a little search box in the top right corner. It was set to Google and I was in the habit of doing my searches from there. Today I realized I should be able to change it to any search engine I liked... so all my searches will be with you-know-who from now on!

One more link (not connected to search engines):

Waiting on the world to change - link to video pinched from browneyedgirl.

I should have called my blog that - sums up my cast of mind! The ironic thing is, I can't sign... I'm one of those needing to change. I wasn't taught sign language as a young child, as it was considered in those days that everybody should be made to communicate orally.

Comments for this entry:

  1. quotepete wrote at Nov 18, 2007 at 09:17 o\clock:just to mention that BBC one has an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskells Cranford Novels tonight at 9pm
  2. quoteDiddums wrote at Nov 18, 2007 at 11:43 o\clock:Hooray. :-). Thanks for the tip. I will be glued to the TV at that time (not all that usual now).
  3. quotePacian wrote at Nov 18, 2007 at 12:27 o\clock:I've long said the worst thing about Google is that it really is the best search engine. :-/
  4. quoteBEG wrote at Nov 25, 2007 at 20:15 o\clock:Of course if you did know sign language, you would probably know BSL and still not quite follow the ASL here ;-)

    Glad you liked the video though. Pretty cool, I think!
  5. quoteDiddums wrote at Nov 25, 2007 at 23:54 o\clock:Foreign sign language - wow! I was singing a song in another language all today and last night, but I haven't the faintest clue if I'm pronouncing it correctly. It's probably full of all sorts of howlers.

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