a.k.a. Shawn Honnick specializing in wonderful since 1968
*also Chipotle pictures, NYC adventures, and little known safety tactics like fake hand washing.
**If you're a disgruntled employee, do something about it (no, it's not a pyramid... THIS is the PYRAMID) or just sit around and grumble like everyone over at the disgruntled employee forums.
Posts tagged: search engine
#1 for the best things in life, right here.
friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society
http://www.google.com/search?sa=t&rct=j&q=friendship-is-the-highest-degree-of-perfection-in-society
how to hack tumblr fan mail
(not that you’d really need to or anything)
Being #1 on Google for something Myspace related?
NOT COOL!
Does anyone know how a site gets a “rating” like this on Google? If you do, please go rate my site, vanityplat.es if you would! I’m really curious how this is done. I’ve searched Google and can’t find anything on the rating or the review that was apparently done.
Is the the 1+ thing on Google+ or something else?
unparalleled level of geek excitement
(being #1 on Google for something Tumblr related)
another geekgasm… Shawn Blog is higher in Google search results for a recent news story than Digg!?
I’m not sure why I never did this before because it makes sense. The search is seeded with music related keywords, Please try it out if you like http://tracks.tumblr.com/
When I learn that I am #1 on Google for a certain keyword or search phrase, I get pretty fired up. There was a time, back in the days of working for a certain “moblog” provider that was at the forefront of all of this, that a Google search for my first name, Shawn, would give shawnblog.com as the #1 result.
I’ve basically been depressed ever since that ended, but there are brief moments like this (even though it’s only Bing), when I momentarily recapture the that spirit and nurture my inner nerd.
Ah yes… I’m famous among Chipotle employees looking for mobile phones. It won’t last long (nor will the discounts, I’m sure), but what a RUSH… these are exciting times, yes!?
The original post was a chat with a Verizon employee (a librarian at their office) about employee discounts. I have a link labeled and frequently post about Chipotle because I started and maintain The Chipotle Pool on Flickr, so Bing is basically dumb even though it all makes sense to web geeks and other such fools.
Live Search is not evolving when shawnblog.com doesn’t appear on page one of the search results for shawn blog.
The fact is that Microsoft could have finally developed the killer search engine that leaves Google and all the rest in the dust but it won’t matter one bit with a name like Bing. Ask any serious marketer what they they think – how would they sell it?
Even with a killer search platform Microsoft has forgotten the most important thing – Google owns the culture. It owns the verb. How often have you seen someone write “I googled you last night”, or said “I’ll google that for you and get right back”. Google has become the search language verb. From pretty well primary school right through to the grave Google has become the defacto word for search.
If Microsoft even wants to have a chance regardless of the quality of their search platform, although it would be easier if it has been improved, they are going to have to fight for the verb. they are going to need to replace our usage of google with one of their own and Bing ain’t gonna do it.
Think about it.
Are you gonna tell someone that you binged them to find out who they were?
Are you going to be courageous to even utter the words hang on while I bing for that information with a serious look on your face?
I doubt it.
Silly Microsoft, Bing is for cherries – not serious search engine marketing .
via inquisitr.com
