Googling

[skhara]

Re: Googling

I voted for:

I stop after 5 pages

Although, typically, I use the "search within results option" and put in additional keywords.

[dsarkasian]

Re: Googling

I usually give google about 5 tries but if I'm really desperate I may go up to ten. There's another couple of search engines that often have different results from google and I use them often: mama.com or mamma.com and monstercrawler.com . BTW,I never knew there was an Armenian google.

[Siggie]

Re: Googling

BTW,I never knew there was an Armenian google.

Neither did I... have to say I'm impressed though.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Googling

Neither did I... have to say I'm impressed though.

It's not all good.
It can be used as a method of censoring the internet at a national level. A site that would be listed on google.com can, theoretically, be blocked on google.am. That already happens in many countries with country-specific versions of Google. China is the best known example, but it is also done in other countries - eg: France, and Germany. It also happens in Azerbaijan.

[Anonymouse]

Re: Googling

I stop after 10 but mostly, but occasionally I go beyond like when I am looking for cute dead baby jokes.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Googling

I stop after 10 but mostly, but occasionally I go beyond like when I am looking for cute dead baby jokes.

There are 73 pages worth of "dead baby jokes" on Google. Whether they are cute or not, I don't know.

[TomServo]

Re: Googling

I used Google.am today. Yay!

[Anahita]

Re: Googling

I like to be an outlier on a bell curve. If the stats say “54.55% of people stop after 10 pages,” I’ll now pay most attention to pp 1-2 and then even more attention to pp 15-20. I may not stop lookin' until p. 20, or more!

And, these people claiming to check 'till the last result confuse me. Maybe they have only done one search in their life and have lots of time to know that topic in great depth or maybe always search for very specific stuff like “microclimatic weather prediction in Figi…”

Oh well... 40% +/- p=0.05 of statistics are wrong, anyway.

(Couldn't resist urge... to ... edit!)

[Sip]

Re: Googling

If I don't get relevant results on the first 1 or 2 pages, I refine my search.

[Anahita]

Re: Googling

That (refine) is what I've always done so far. If I don't get exactly what I want, I improve my search or reword. But I may now just go to page xx just to be a little different and skew this mean.

I first used some crazy vax 'library' coding to find crap. Then, Mosaic. Then a bunch of up'n'comin search 'engines' (I've worked with a few innovative search programs...) I five years ago, ('just'... ironic in e-world) searched for the same with 'excite.com ...", the best engine, in fact, at the time. I still do use 'excite' (but when Google can't offer better/more relevant (relevant to me is NOT equal to annoying). Annoying is annoying.

TODAY, on average, I use google about 3 times per hour I use the internet. When Google can't find what I want, I go to excite. Four years ago, Northernlight was the best there was (they've since changed their focus). Now, I know, to invest in stock of whomever I like best after Google...