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Dweebs, Horndogs, and Geezers
roughtype.com — Nick Carr makes the observation that three search engines (Google, Yahoo and AOL) have totally different audiences. Google = Dweebs, Yahoo = Horndogs, AOL = Geezers. But we knew that :-)
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- misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Can they really be that different? Seems like they are not reporting the whole truth, but only what fits their image.
- btgoss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Oh MY!
- FearlessFreep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Can I bury as 'stupid'?
- Dujenwook, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Nerd I could deal with, but "Dweeb" is a pretty potent term. Up yours, buddy!
- youngerpants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thats great, now I just need to find out what exactly Dweebs, Horndogs, and Geezers are...
- PabloMac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Always happy to help:
Dweebs:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Dweebs&btnG=Google+Search
Horndogs:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=horndogs&fr=ush-buzz
Geezers:
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/search?invocationType=aolhathot&query=Geezers&search=Search
You're welcome.
- PabloMac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Always happy to help:
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Tech News? This is opinion plain and simple - extremely lame. Why has it gone to the front page with 34 diggs?
And, GoodSearch is bleeding heart horndogs? (GoodSearch uses the Yahoo engine.) - yonnermark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I don't care, anything that lets me solidify my opinion that yahoo users are mongs is fine with me.
- DBrez8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0But what engine does my viagra poppin, geeky grandpa use???
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