Comments on: Google Preferred Sites Search Feature

By: Change

Change — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:11:04 +0000

Hmm that’s odd. I always open links from the Google results page by dragging them (using DragToGo add-on). This means no referrer is known to the sites being opened. When I click directly on the link in Google it does work fine indeed! Wonder what the reasoning is behind this policy…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:33:22 +0000

Change wrote:

Ryan wrote:
If you’re talking about Experts Exchange did you realize that you can scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to see the answers.
Huh? Are you sure you’re not logged in or something? I’ve just double checked and I don’t see the answers, even when scrolling. Example URL: http://www.experts-exchange.co.....51644.html

Weird! It doesn't work when you go directly to the article, but if you're coming from Google you can see the answers. I did a Google Search for the article title, clicked on the first result, and I could see the solutions down at the bottom: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Cannot+uninstall+Norton+Internet+Security+2008%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a I'm not sure if they are reading the referring site, and if you're coming from Google showing you the solutions? Are you blocking the referrer information? Here's a screenshot of what I see for the solutions after scrolling past the categories: http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2267/expertsoy0.png And no, I've never registered for an account.

By: Change

Change — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:40:37 +0000

Ryan wrote:

If you’re talking about Experts Exchange did you realize that you can scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to see the answers.

Huh? Are you sure you’re not logged in or something? I’ve just double checked and I don’t see the answers, even when scrolling. Example URL:
[experts-exchange.com]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:01:31 +0000

Change wrote:

Hmm.. I had access to this at work but it seems to have removed the SearchWiki option. At home it’s the other way around. I think I prefer this new option, since the SearchWiki doesn’t seem to generate a lot of useful results (as I hardly search for the same thing twice).

I definitely think this concept is a lot better than the SearchWiki since, as you mentioned, it will affect all your searches.

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:

Seems like it’s worth a try. There’s some sites I hate getting results from, like that stupid tech site that wants you to pay for a membership to see tech solutions/fixes. As if…

If you're talking about Experts Exchange did you realize that you can scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to see the answers. They make it look like the solutions are hidden, but they really aren't. It's annoying to have to scroll that far, but it works. A lot of people think you have to view the Google Cache in order to see these solutions, but they are there on the non-cached page as well. Just make sure you scroll down far enough to see them.

By: Change

Change — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:34:33 +0000

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:

Seems like it’s worth a try. There’s some sites I hate getting results from, like that stupid tech site that wants you to pay for a membership to see tech solutions/fixes. As if…

Yeah, good example. I'm using the Fx CustomizeGoogle add-on to filter that one out. Unfortunately the filter function doesn't work with SearchWiki enabled, but it does with the above new function enabled.

By: Michael Dobrofsky

Michael Dobrofsky — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:55:29 +0000

Seems like it’s worth a try. There’s some sites I hate getting results from, like that stupid tech site that wants you to pay for a membership to see tech solutions/fixes. As if…

By: Change

Change — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:40:38 +0000

Hmm.. I had access to this at work but it seems to have removed the SearchWiki option. At home it’s the other way around. I think I prefer this new option, since the SearchWiki doesn’t seem to generate a lot of useful results (as I hardly search for the same thing twice).

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:31:23 +0000

I would say it’s a good way to guarantee that the displayed results are from Web sites that you trust. It will weed out a lot of irrelevant results and save valuable time. I like it.

By: DComedian

DComedian — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:23:32 +0000

This could be very useful in my Google News searches…at the moment when I do a search in my local Google News I tend to see a lot of results from news sources all around the world…I’d like to be able to specify a preference from news sources in my home country, especially from certain quality newspapers.

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:20:43 +0000

I really don’t like the idea of personalized Google search. I like the algorithm like it is now. I’d rather have the ability to save a bookmark from the search field.