Tag Archives: Google

I’ve Abandoned Google Search for…Zakta!

Posted on June 28, 2010 by davemackey

Image via CrunchBase I’ve been using Zakta for several months now as my primary search engine – and it is about time for me to spread the word through this blog. Google is now my secondary search engine – yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in productivity, technology, web | Tagged Google, Searching, Web search engine, Web search query, Zakta | 2 Comments

Stackoverflow – A Great Resource for the Budding Programmer.

Posted on April 21, 2010 by davemackey

Stackoverflow is a niche site, but for its niche it is absolutely amazing. The site features a tremendous community of developers who ask and respond to questions. This creates both a huge knowledge base of existing information and a quick … Continue reading →

Posted in learning, programming, technology, web | Tagged Aardvark, Ask an Expert, development, Google, Knowledge base, programming, Scripts, stackoverflow, Yahoo Answers | 1 Comment

Google Gadgets Pornographic – Beware!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by davemackey

Google Gadgets are “Gadgets powered by Google are miniature objects made by Google users like you that offer cool and dynamic content that can be placed on any page on the web.”(1) Common gadgets include todo lists, currency converters, calculators, … Continue reading →

Posted in household, technology, web | Tagged Google, Google Docs, Google Gadgets, pornography, SafeSearch, Search Engines, Searching, Sports Illustrated, Web search engine | 5 Comments

Dell Vostro 1520 – A Very Nice Deal.

Posted on April 6, 2010 by davemackey

Occasionally I surf over to Dell just to admire the machines. I’ve had my current laptop for going on two years now…and one way to delay the itch to buy a new machine is to shop. Yes, I know that … Continue reading →

Posted in gaming, household, productivity, technology | Tagged dell, DVD, Google, Hardware, Intel Core 2, laptop, Microsoft Office, purchase, recommendation, suggestion | 1 Comment

Ramblings on Search.

Posted on March 11, 2010 by davemackey

A Better Search Engine. X= (C*15) + (E*40) + ((A1*40) + (A2*30) + (A3*20) + (A4*10) + (A5*5)) + (M*20) X = The ranking value for any given entry for a given search query. C = The natural ranking given … Continue reading →

Posted in productivity, programming, technology, web | Tagged Bing, Gigablast, Google, Microsoft, nutch, searchwiki, social search, Web search engine, Yahoo, YouTube | 1 Comment