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Fobz - April 2008

How often do you Google?

April 23rd 2008 23:57

I google a lot, generally behind closed doors, after all I would not want anyone else to know, so keep it quiet, will you?

I google to look for things and to pinch pictures and to find out things and for all of those I google, google, google, many times a day whenever I get a chance to, unobserved.

My requirements are not great so generally I do get what I want fairly easily.

What I sometimes find hard is getting a good picture, despite several different efforts and keying into Google in a number of different ways.

Sometimes the best I can do with Google is get a useable image rather than one that I really want.

This is very inhibiting especially when I google to get just the thing I want and end up with "that'll have to do". That is a great shame, when a good picture can make or break what you are trying to do.

I don't need much information from Google to write this post but where it did come in very useful was in preparation for my learning to drive the tractor, that really gave me a good kick start for my lesson and that time I also found a reasonable picture if not precisely what I wanted.

I've noticed the very wide range of interests demonstrated on Orble and I do wonder if many of you use Google as your source or if you use other means.

I'm all for speed rather than substance and generally what I find does me quite well, I'm always anxious to get my posts done in the minimum of time, time not allowing for much more and the rate of pay, of which I have yet to receive any benefit at all, and by now even 1c is looking attractive, but I can guess that you all know where I am coming from.

So how do you find your Googling, how much do you Google and does Google give you what you want or do you go elsewhere.

It would be really nice to have some replies, even if I am just a Pommie b..........

Your comments would be most welcome and response is assured.

And good luck Australia with your Anzac Day commemorations. The Aborigines did just great, well done.

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Comment by Louie

April 24th 2008 01:26

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at least five times a day... sometimes more.....

Comment by James Rickard

April 24th 2008 01:38

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Very good post. I was thinking about this the other day which also led to the question. "When did "Google" become a verb?" Anyhooo, I'd say I'm there 4 or 5 times a day.

Comment by AmyHuang

April 24th 2008 05:23

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Everyday. I use it for research.
Although I have been using Google's alternative Givel.com - it's Google's "Charity" version, so I feel like I am doing something good

it's all in my head I know but hey, it doesn't hurt.

James - Google is now a verb just as much as "MSN me" or "SMS me"

Comment by the world of gaye

April 24th 2008 07:11

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All the time. Instead of getting up and moving my large bum out of the chair it is wedged in, I sit and google. My favourite pastime is to type in words like "weird" or "strange" and see what comes up. Oh well, it keeps me amused.

Comment by postmoderncritic

April 24th 2008 11:02

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I use Google nearly every day... I have a recommendation for people who load it as their home page or go directly to google.com's page: try using blackle.com instead. It's the same thing as Google, it just has a black background, so that it reduces the light that comes out of the monitor and thereby contributes less to global warming. You may not think that you're doing much, but think about how often you may be loading google.com and you'll realise that it all adds up. I would use it myself if there wasn't a google box right on my browser!

Comment by Ann 2

April 24th 2008 14:05

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I use it every day. For pictures, research, etc. But I know what you mean when you settle for a picture because you can't find what you really want. That happens a lot for me.

Comment by Irene

April 24th 2008 15:16

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I've been using Google since it was just starting out, and will probably use it forever.

I use it for research, for blogging, for work, etc. I also use blackle, but I find that sometimes the results aren't consistent with those of Google.

Comment by Meggie

April 24th 2008 17:57

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Wow, I guess I’m the only one in the world who uses Yahoo! LoL Don't really know why...guess it's just my rebellious streak going against the grain.

I have been known to wander over to Google-land every once in a while though.

Comment by Fobzy

April 25th 2008 09:37

Fobz

Louie, Thank you my sweet, for your brief but adequate reply.

James, this is a blog, who worries about grammar? Glad you like the post.

Amy, very informative and a nice little suggestion there.

Gaye, love your novel approach, ever thought about getting a bigger chair?

PMC, I had to be very careful with the acronym there, thanks for all the info, very interesting.

Ann 2, love it that someone else has the same problems that I do.

Irene, great comment, you must be very experienced.

Meggie, what a charming name, good to see someone doing something a bit different, I’ve always thought Yahoo was the province of the young.

Thank you so much everyone for making this a great post and making fobzy’s heart sing.

Well done, everyone

Comment by Cheryl J

April 25th 2008 14:34

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I use good old google daily, for research, for writing, for work and just for fun. 'tis a wonderful tool.

Just as a little PS, the power usage saving of blackle was debunked last year but it's good to know people are trying to come up with ideas to help the environment.

Comment by missnomer

April 26th 2008 06:02

I google at least once an hour. I work from home and use it for research, sometimes I kid you not I would google every 3 minutes trying out different key words to find what I want.
Last night I got an email from a woman I went to school with and havent seen for over 20 years. She googled me and I came up, that's scary......So I googled myself and now I am trying to remove myself from some of the places that I am googleable....

Cheers

Miss Nomer

Comment by Fobzy

April 27th 2008 05:04

Fobz

Cheryl, great to see you, interesting facts and yes it is good to see people trying, we all have to start somewhere, as I'm finding out.

Comment by Fobzy

April 27th 2008 05:09

Fobz

I guess that's good news and bad news, but we are agreed Google is a great tool, my advice, not that it is worth much, I know, is don't worry about it. Unless you're a bank robber or something but as there are lots of thieves on the net pretending to have something to offer us for our money, which they take and don't even bother to run, knowing no-one is going to do anything about it, I don't think even they need to worry.

Sad fact of cyber world.

Comment by Jill Browne

April 27th 2008 16:33

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Well Fobz, to me "Google" is still a search engine, not the provider of my entire suite of online services.

I like it that they host an ever-expanding array of free stuff we can use, but I'm not ready to surrender all my docs, spreadsheets, mail - everything - to their state-sized server bank (some of which are apparently built of LEGO).

They are just a search engine to me. Oh, and Google Earth. Love it.

They became my default search engine by accident - I was a dogpile.com user for years but then in some upgrade I got Googlized and poor little dogpile hasn't seen me for a while.

Hmmmmm. Think I'll go back to the dogs.

Comment by Fobzy

April 29th 2008 01:00

Fobz

Jill, Lovely to see you and I do hope I haven't surrendered too much to Google, I thought it was just a search engine but you know how slow the old fobzy is.

I'm back in Sydney, just two more weeks of freedom it seems.

As regards that doggy do which I have never heard of , do they have one based on horse manure? Preparation for the old stables you know.

Pip, pip 2 u 2, getting very bloggy there. Right into it u know.

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