Comments on: Gates Challenges Google

By: Blackjack

Blackjack — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:25:40 +0000

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By: Robert Kingston

Robert Kingston — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:07:24 +0000

I second that Mojo, I had the same problem with my Hotmail and gmail accounts. I think you can get redirect features with hotmail – but only if you pay them a premium fee.

By: Mojo

Mojo — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:33:25 +0000

I’m pretty pissed with Microsoft because I had a Hotmail account and they didn’t let me forward my e-mail to my Gmail account. This is obviously so that Microsoft can squeeze more advertising revenue from me. Even Gmail and Yahoo don’t do that. Google seems a lot more honest than Microsoft.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:27:07 +0000

Jason, it sounds like you’ve described WikiPedia – only it’s free! Anyway, I don’t think your idea is feasible. People wouldn’t pay the annual fee. Always good to think outside the box though…

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 04:41:15 +0000

I would disagree — I think when it comes to searching for information…brand loyalty isn’t important — what is important is finding the info you are looking for. Altavista was the search engine of 1995…than Yahoo! came….now people enjoy Google — I feel sorry for anybody who purchased Google stock. Google was good back in the day, I actually found info I was looking for…lately its nothing more than junk pages…I tend to use other search engines to find what i am looking for these days.

I am looking forward to Microsoft’s lauch….I just want a search engine that provides information no e-commerce crap. I had an idea once to organize the world’s information by setting up my own directory/search engine… the only way a website could be listed in my search engine/directory is if they follow the very strict layout formats and such….basically all pages would look the same..just have different content — it would provide only information no websites trying to sell you stuff. How would it make money you ask? Easy! People would pay a yearly subscription to use it…afterall if they are guarantee quality content…I sure would sign up… if it meant…no porn, no websites with banner ads all over them, no link farms…just quality websites that all have the same look and feel (so it would make my job easier…) but with different content.