 And What Does Google Want With Microsoft?, Check out the robots.txt |
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 Jan 17 2006, 06:10 AM
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Moderator  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,337 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,940  |
Hmm... I was browsing through google's robots.txt, and I found something really interesting!
Disallow: /microsoft?  Now why would Google have a directory called "microsoft"? 
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Jan 17 2006, 06:15 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 1,161 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Brisbane, QLD Member No.: 6,818 |
Did you test it out? It's a Microsoft-specific search-engine: http://www.google.com/microsoft
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Jan 17 2006, 06:31 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 937 Joined: 14-April 05 From: West Chester, PA Member No.: 5,636 |
Wow that is really interesting. I never knew google had a microsoft specific search engine. If they have that, i think they so should have a linux specific search engine so that those of us minorities who use Linux at home would have a very easy place to search for help or just to try to find cool new software. That would be so wonderful but this isnt a perfect world
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Jan 17 2006, 06:36 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,161 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Brisbane, QLD Member No.: 6,818 |
QUOTE(fffanatics @ Jan 17 2006, 04:31 PM) If they have that, i think they so should have a linux specific search engine so that those of us minorities who use Linux Same response - did you try it out? http://www.google.com/linux  |
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Jan 17 2006, 11:47 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 10,836 |
haha Dooga you where looking true google robots.txt
 intresting stuff to do.anyway, did you see there is a Disallow: /linux? too and i think that is becouse google dont wont someone to type microsoft and the first thing that will popup on page is going to be google.com/microsoft they dont wont your search to be around google sites, and i dont think that that google.com/microsoft isnt realy official... just for funn like http://www.google.com/sms/demo  dunno whats this. |
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Jan 17 2006, 02:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-September 05 Member No.: 12,228 |
That is part of the demo page for the google sms service, part of the page displayed. What I'm keen to find out is, is google's http://www.google.com/microsoft or /linux really searching for help stuff on the respective items? because when I tried searching stuff like schools, or whatever it just produced results with schools related to microsoft. Some of the results are within microsoft's website and some are not. Nonetheless this is a very cool service with seemingly dedicated searches to a fixed catergory.
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Jan 17 2006, 11:38 PM
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Moderator Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,337 Joined: 26-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,940 |
That's wierd, when I tried google.com/microsoft it returned a 404 error. I thought it was a secret plan to remove Microsoft or something... lol!
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Jan 17 2006, 11:59 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 17-January 06 Member No.: 17,289 |
www.g00g13.com is the best imo.
The best thing about google is unlike most other companies, they have a sense of humor. http://moon.google.com/ for instance. (zoom all the way in  )also they always change there logo to reflect the holidays/some famous anniversary to liven things up a bit. (not to mention last i checked their stock was going at 400ish a share) |
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Jan 18 2006, 12:15 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 283 Joined: 17-December 04 Member No.: 2,764 |
It seems to me that it is a site which specializes with searches about Microsoft. Somewhat like a news center that gathers all information people need about Microsoft. It is unofficial, in the sense that it is maintained by google, not Microsoft though, and so when bad news about Microsoft appear, the search engine may be the first search engine to spread them widely. I really like this design. We need a watchdog to closely look at Microsoft’s day to day operation and this site seems to be the first step.
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