While
I was preparing to bring Duck Duck to y'all's attention
(because it
advertises itself as "The search engine that
doesn't track you," I
thought what the hell, let's see how
good it is at searching.
In the eleven years or so that I've used Blogger, I've posted
exactly 32,047 times on Curmudgeonly
& Skeptical. It would be fair
to say
that at least 20,000 of them used my on-again-off-again blog
description "If you're trying to
change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say
that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
I coined it, and it's been accessed well over 6 million times. I
posted the results in the scroll box below.
The quack answer is that
C&S received no credits. Not one. Not just from Duck Duck, but from no search
engine. Duck- Duck, and all
but Google and Dogpile, did mention C&S posts I made during
the few years I posted using my own Terpsboy.com
server. But, nothing from Google
(which owns Blogger for chrissake!).
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In
those 32,047 posts, it would be fair to say that, at a minimum, 32,047
pictures were published. I'll posit that about 90% were original,
or
value added. It has not been lost on me that, given the number of
times I use Google image search a day, I've never seen any of my
stuff. I
do run across some Terpsboy pictures, some even attributed; but no
Bloggers.
I am not, by the way, making any claims to greatness, far from
it. I am suggesting that Google uses it's muscle discriminately.
One of the first things that happened after Google purchased
Blogger
was that C&S was shut down. The excuse was I was
accused of something or other. I had been under attack from lefty
blogs who
made it a habit to accuse people they disagreed with of being liars,
inciting to riot and too stupid to be allowed to use machinery.
It wasn't until Linda SoG
made it something of a personal crusade that I was allowed back.
On the bright side, perhaps my guardian angel has engineered this
"shield of anonymity" as a way to protect me from Obama hit men.
RELATED Exclusive:
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ixquick had this:
ReplyDeleteAbout 26,877 results
and they claim they don't record your IP address either.
Cheers!
Google - biased? cough*bullshit*cough
ReplyDeleteI'd like some of that invisibilty cloak action. Will you offer shares? I'm finishing up my taxes after a week of agony and I'd rather disappear than ever do this crap again.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
I've been using DuckDuckGo for maybe a year. The first test it had to pass was a C&S test. It passed with flying colors. I've sometimes used ixquick which similarly passed. I've been pleased with both.
ReplyDeleteI've yet to come up with a test for how secure they are.
ReplyDeleteHey Rodger,
That's happening because those terpsboy.com pages are still live on the net and are still getting crawled. Do you still need them online? If not, maybe just rename the archive folder so the pages don't resolve any longer.
I'm not sure blogspot subdomains get crawled automatically, if at all. Have you ever tried submitting your curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com URL for re-indexing? Go to each engine.com and search for "submit site url to duckduckgo/google/bing/ask" you'll see instructions. Give it 4-6 weeks to have an effect.
You might also consider buying the www.curmudgeonlyskeptical.com domain (it's available) for like $10 a year and forward it to the blog. That would definitely get your search results current, plus you could send readers right to curmudgeonlyskeptical.com.
This article at godaddy.com discusses the specifics:
http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5112/mapping-your-domain-name-to-work-with-blogger
Hope that helps.
Tim
That search argument was too long. Just use "democrats are liars" and you are on the first page (using duck duck). Just use the important words for searches.
ReplyDeleteI'm old and afraid ... sigh
ReplyDeleteRR in Ohio:
ReplyDeleteLoved it Rog!
Thank's for actually getting te goods on another Obamabedient web provider. But don't feel like the "Lone Ranger" out there. We're all under suspicion.
Do NOT, under ANY circumstances used GoDaddy. You will regret it. 1and1.com does nicely.
ReplyDeleteDid a quick check myself. Results: finding complete search phrase "If you're trying to... all Democrats are liars."
ReplyDeleteDuckDuckGo: 0 results
Google: 2 results
Bing: 0 results
Then I went to settings on each search engine & changed from "safe" to "off"- BIG DIFFERENCE.
Repeated test with Safe Search Off:
DuckDuckGo: 0 results (still.)
Google: 10 results on first page, lists 4 pages
Bing: 2 results (still.)
Much as I hate to say it, Google wins hands down. I still use DuckDuckGo for the privacy but now I'm having to rethink....
--Eskyman
'S funnay. Occasionally I'll hear a juicy story on the raadio and want to blog it. If it's outside Teh Narrative, it's nowhere to be found on glooglenooz.
ReplyDeleteButt! when I search the same term on bing, *bingo* all over everywhere.
Yes. gloogle shows its claw.
e~C