Comments on: Googlefasting: Day 1 http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sameera http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-770093 sameera Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:12:53 +0000 http://689529077#comment-770093 go chris!! you can do it man we are all rooting for at alt internet search engines use net go chris!! you can do it man we are all rooting for at alt internet search engines use net

]]> By: webgrrrl.net http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-165123 webgrrrl.net Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:50:09 +0000 http://689529077#comment-165123 <strong>Google fasting...</strong> Reading one of the posts made by Chris Pirillo (@ Lockergnome and famous personality of the now-defunct TechTV) made me realize that, Holy Guacamole Batman, Google really has my virtual life wrapped around its fingers. I spend at least 50% of my time o... Google fasting…

Reading one of the posts made by Chris Pirillo (@ Lockergnome and famous personality of the now-defunct TechTV) made me realize that, Holy Guacamole Batman, Google really has my virtual life wrapped around its fingers. I spend at least 50% of my time o…

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19052 Anonymous Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:07:14 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19052 "but avoiding its search is like research suicide." Given the current plethora of efficient search tools available on the net, I don't think so .... “but avoiding its search is like research suicide.”
Given the current plethora of efficient search tools available on the net, I don't think so ….

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19051 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:03:18 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19051 You've heard the saying that he who has a hammer tends to see everything as a nail. Your hammer has been Google for so long, that your "nail" of information finding has repeatedly been hit the same way over and over and over again. When you switch from Google, I think you'll find that you can't "hit" the same way as before, because other services are not hammers/nails. They may be screwdrivers/screws. Or wrenches/nuts/bolts. Take vivisimo for example. The topic clustering it does yields itself to a very different approach to the way you search for things. If you go in expecting to hammer in the exact same queries, in the exact same ways, as you would to Google, you will no doubt be disappointed. A good searcher learns to use all different kinds of tools.. hammers, wrenches, saws, etc. No one tool, not even Google, is always better than another. Doing this googlefast is going to help you learn which tools are good in which situations. Remember, your goal is to find the information you seek.. not to use Google to find the information you seek. You've heard the saying that he who has a hammer tends to see everything as a nail. Your hammer has been Google for so long, that your “nail” of information finding has repeatedly been hit the same way over and over and over again.
When you switch from Google, I think you'll find that you can't “hit” the same way as before, because other services are not hammers/nails. They may be screwdrivers/screws. Or wrenches/nuts/bolts.
Take vivisimo for example. The topic clustering it does yields itself to a very different approach to the way you search for things. If you go in expecting to hammer in the exact same queries, in the exact same ways, as you would to Google, you will no doubt be disappointed.
A good searcher learns to use all different kinds of tools.. hammers, wrenches, saws, etc. No one tool, not even Google, is always better than another. Doing this googlefast is going to help you learn which tools are good in which situations. Remember, your goal is to find the information you seek.. not to use Google to find the information you seek.

]]> By: Big Bill http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19050 Big Bill Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:18:10 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19050 You're probably feeling the draw of habit rather than the compulsion of addiction. Early days. I use the local supermarket a lot even though I know the food's bad for me there. It's quick and easy and to a degree it satisfies. BB You're probably feeling the draw of habit rather than the compulsion of addiction. Early days. I use the local supermarket a lot even though I know the food's bad for me there. It's quick and easy and to a degree it satisfies.
BB

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19049 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:22:14 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19049 Go Chris!! You can do it man!! We're all rooting for you at alt.internet.search-engines Usenet Fred Go Chris!! You can do it man!!
We're all rooting for you at alt.internet.search-engines Usenet
Fred

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19048 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:01:10 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19048 Is this a BS "lack of substance" post or what? Repeating several times that you cannot do search without the mighty Google, but not giving any specifics. Like some of the other posters I found MSN and Yahoo to give better results in some cases and worse in others. Care to explain:" I know where I sit for certain terms in Google, and I know how well Google works with headlines - so I know what I'm looking for"??? Is this a BS “lack of substance” post or what? Repeating several times that you cannot do search without the mighty Google, but not giving any specifics. Like some of the other posters I found MSN and Yahoo to give better results in some cases and worse in others. Care to explain:” I know where I sit for certain terms in Google, and I know how well Google works with headlines – so I know what I'm looking for”???

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19047 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:50:38 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19047 Chris, I think your using the wrong search engine. Try msn search. I switched from google to msn a few months ago and haven't missed google at all. Sometimes I'll go back to google, thinking they'll have something msn doesn't. I find myself staring at the same page of top ten links. About the only place google tends to do better sometimes is in very technical searches. Geek stuff basically. But it's rare I don't find what I'm looking for from msn. Chris, I think your using the wrong search engine. Try msn search. I switched from google to msn a few months ago and haven't missed google at all. Sometimes I'll go back to google, thinking they'll have something msn doesn't. I find myself staring at the same page of top ten links. About the only place google tends to do better sometimes is in very technical searches. Geek stuff basically. But it's rare I don't find what I'm looking for from msn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19046 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:08:50 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19046 Stay strong Chris. No pain, no gain. Morrie. Stay strong Chris. No pain, no gain. Morrie.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19045 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:53:01 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19045 Is this guy nut? I have been using both Google and Yahoo to search, having both search boxes/toolbars on my browser. And for the life of me, I think I can live with either. In almost all cases, either has seemed to serve me well. So I would love to hear more about how "painful" it is without Google. Nut! Is this guy nut?
I have been using both Google and Yahoo to search, having both search boxes/toolbars on my browser. And for the life of me, I think I can live with either. In almost all cases, either has seemed to serve me well. So I would love to hear more about how “painful” it is without Google.
Nut!

]]> By: Amr http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19044 Amr Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:38:53 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19044 Chris, you said: > I know where I sit for certain terms in Google, and > I know how well Google works with headlines can you please be more specific, what are sample terms that gave you result you needed right away in Google but did not work in yahoo ? -- amr Chris, you said:
> I know where I sit for certain terms in Google, and
> I know how well Google works with headlines
can you please be more specific, what are sample terms that gave you result you needed right away in Google but did not work in yahoo ?
– amr

]]> By: Derek Scruggs http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19043 Derek Scruggs Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:30:07 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19043 I uses Google search dozens of times every day. A neato Greasemonkey script would be to count how many times I use it today/this week/this month/ever and put it at the top of results pages. I uses Google search dozens of times every day. A neato Greasemonkey script would be to count how many times I use it today/this week/this month/ever and put it at the top of results pages.

]]> By: Anonymous http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19042 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:15:16 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19042 Any chance you can be a bit more specific? What are you trying to find that's difficult on Yahoo? And is it hard because Yahoo is "broken" or because it is "different" than Google? Several of us are wondering what we can learn from this, but you're leaving out the stuff we need! :-) Any chance you can be a bit more specific? What are you trying to find that's difficult on Yahoo? And is it hard because Yahoo is “broken” or because it is “different” than Google?
Several of us are wondering what we can learn from this, but you're leaving out the stuff we need! :-)

]]> By: Kent Brewster http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-19041 Kent Brewster Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:16:00 +0000 http://689529077#comment-19041 Hi, Chris. I had many of the same feelings and concerns until I ran across Yahoo's open Search APIs, which return results wrapped in handy JSON callbacks. One possible solution is <a href="http://www.mindsack.com/uxe/SpiffySearch/" rel="nofollow">SpiffY!Search</a>, which returns proxy-free inline search results to the page of your choice, or even your desktop from a static file. Hi, Chris. I had many of the same feelings and concerns until I ran across Yahoo's open Search APIs, which return results wrapped in handy JSON callbacks. One possible solution is SpiffY!Search, which returns proxy-free inline search results to the page of your choice, or even your desktop from a static file.

]]> By: SocioBiblog http://chris.pirillo.com/googlefasting-day-1/#comment-645837 SocioBiblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://689529077#comment-645837 <!--%kramer-pre%-->m linking to his story since the original NYT post requires registration, which is absolutely l4m3... Related Content:Copernic Desktop Search FeedbackDesktop SearchSearching for SearchNew MSN Search Beta URLsFast FAX FactsGooglefasting: Day 1Desktop Search ToolsGooglefasting: Day 2MSN Toolbar HacksGoogle Does Blog Search!<!--%kramer-post%--> m linking to his story since the original NYT post requires registration, which is absolutely l4m3… Related Content:Copernic Desktop Search FeedbackDesktop SearchSearching for SearchNew MSN Search Beta URLsFast FAX FactsGooglefasting: Day 1Desktop Search ToolsGooglefasting: Day 2MSN Toolbar HacksGoogle Does Blog Search!

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