Have google gone mad?

Neily at the peak · Post by **Neily at the peak** » 01 Apr 2008, 10:09

http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

I thought so then I looked at the calendar!!!

Have a look at the 100 year plan.

Neil

danza · Post by **danza** » 01 Apr 2008, 16:30

Im fed up with google for a variety of reasons.

Any suggestions of better search engines would be much appreciated.

RevdTess · Post by **RevdTess** » 01 Apr 2008, 17:39

It's best just to avoid the news today...

danza · Post by **danza** » 01 Apr 2008, 17:47

Tess,

Explain why the FTSE is up 150 points when UBS is on the verge of unravelling?

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:06

I'm fed up with google for a variety of reasons.

I think that their monopoly & huge staff is being to give them airs & graces.

The founders are now too far away from the coal face ... so crap will start creeping in ....

Signs of decay include:

- The way they recently changed their main page layout for the worse.

- The petty rules they force onto Adwords advertisers.

Just minor points ... but nevertheless signs that the 2nd level managers i.e. non-startup types ... are now in control. Bright jobsworths.

In say 10 years, Google won't still be number 1 ... or at the very least they will have REAL competition.

RevdTess · Post by **RevdTess** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:24

danza wrote:Tess,

Explain why the FTSE is up 150 points when UBS is on the verge of unravelling?

April fool?

I'm not an equity analyst but the news stories are saying the rally was due to UBS and Lehman's ability to raise new capital without too much difficulty, indicating that the market feels 'the worse is behind us'.

danza · Post by **danza** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:37

I'm not an equity analyst but the news stories are saying the rally was due to UBS and Lehman's ability to raise new capital without too much difficulty, indicating that the market feels 'the worse is behind us'.

Tess I think you and I know that this is quite clearly rubbish.

danza · Post by **danza** » 01 Apr 2008, 18:40

Quote:
I'm fed up with google for a variety of reasons.

I think that their monopoly & huge staff is being to give them airs & graces.

The founders are now too far away from the coal face ... so crap will start creeping in ....

Signs of decay include:

- The way they recently changed their main page layout for the worse.

- The petty rules they force onto Adwords advertisers.

Just minor points ... but nevertheless signs that the 2nd level managers i.e. non-startup types ... are now in control. Bright jobsworths.

In say 10 years, Google won't still be number 1 ... or at the very least they will have REAL competition.

Agreed Vortex. The advertising jargon on it makes me very angry. I know there are more powerful, less commercial search engines out there but can you recommend one?

bigjim · Post by **bigjim** » 02 Apr 2008, 01:22

http://gigablast.com/index.php?

http://www.mamma.com/

These are the only two decent alternatives to Google I'm aware of

RevdTess · Post by **RevdTess** » 02 Apr 2008, 08:08

danza wrote:
I'm not an equity analyst but the news stories are saying the rally was due to UBS and Lehman's ability to raise new capital without too much difficulty, indicating that the market feels 'the worse is behind us'.
Tess I think you and I know that this is quite clearly rubbish.

Smile and wave, smile and wave.

danza · Post by **danza** » 02 Apr 2008, 08:11

Tess wrote;

Smile and wave, smile and wave.

You have just described my career.

skeptik · Post by **skeptik** » 02 Apr 2008, 09:01

danza wrote:Tess,

Explain why the FTSE is up 150 points when UBS is on the verge of unravelling?

The US taxpayer is now effectively backstopping losses incurred by the big Wall Street investment banks. The FED can now offset losses incurred by any bad paper it is forced to absorb (via the various recently introduced mechanisms) against the 'profit' it returns to the Treasury.

This could be considered a nationalisation of the Wall Street banks via the back door. Bound to be contentious once people in the USA figure out what is going on. Fat cats get the bailout, Joe public gets the bill.

danza · Post by **danza** » 10 Apr 2008, 06:36

If someone cal tell me how to get rid of that bloody shoppers reports every time I do a search I will stil use google.

Vortex? Anyone?

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 10 Apr 2008, 12:15

danza wrote:If someone cal tell me how to get rid of that bloody shoppers reports every time I do a search I will stil use google.

Vortex? Anyone?

'Shoppers Reports' ?

ourmaninsomewhere · Post by **ourmaninsomewhere** » 10 Apr 2008, 12:39

April fool!

http://www.google.com/virgle/error.html

Although I wouldn't put something like this past branson...