I have a couple of bones to pick with the mighty Google.

Why when I search Google for a product does it give me umpteen million shops in the listings? Isnt that what the Shopping link at the top of the page is for? Please Google remove the shopping links from the main search, where possible.

Make my searches more relevant, if I am searching for a product lets say a Philips Senseo coffee maker or maybe a Canon camera then why am I almost NEVER directed to the manufacturers website? There must be some cash in directing customers towards manufacturers for sales and support of their products.

I want to be able to search for a manual for my DVD player and actually be pointed to the PDF file from the manufacturer. Instead, right now I have to spend 10 minutes searching to find what I am after, isnt that what your computers should be doing for me?

OK, we can search, and we can search for words and combinations of words but really we need now to move on, search needs to find what we want faster and ditch the unwanted commercial crap…unless I ASK for it. i.e. If I am searching for “Buy Philips Senseo” then fine.

Google and their ilk need to improve their search and we need to be educated by them to improve our search terms so as to give thier apps a chance at finding what we want and find it faster.

So come on Google, you must have done some user testing how about applying more of that to your search product?

I hope everyone has a happy halloween and eats far too many sweets and candy

I have uploaded a temporary halloween style theme to the website to scare you!

Will anyone else be watching Most Haunted Live at Halloween?

Until its safe for me to come out from under the bed, enjoy!

Comments

In the last couple of weeks I have been frustrated and annoyed by a number of blogs, newspapers and other websites that have comments systems that require me to signup.

When I read an interesting storyline I sometimes get that urge to reply or leave an alternate viewpoint, come on, dont we all from time to time?

It adds to and enriches the original story that was posted. In most cases!

I understand spam is a major frustration, it is for all of us, yet I just don’t have the time to signup for umpteen websites that I may only visit once a year, in some cases less.

Now, I am happy to fill out captcha’s and work out a few bits of math or click on an email link to verify I am real and not some nutcase selling herbal appendage enhancements. That is fair enough.

So anyone with a blog or a website or in a position of power at any organisation, please, think of us poor lowly users out here and let us join in, it lets us vent, show our thoughs and generally engage with your content, which ultimately helps you.

This posting is my comment, to all of you.

Why Not?

Take one from the left and one from the right,
repeat until all combinations are available.

I want to mix and match all things.

I want to use flickr to store my photos but maybe my friend prefers to view with Picasa, why cant he?

I want to announce via twitter but my friend wants to receive via iChat, why cant she?

I want to talk on my pc but my friend wants to receive the call on her mobile….She CAN!

Because the terms, conditions, the basic usage policies and interconnect agreements have been made, we are able to make calls to almost anywhere in the world.

Why cant data pass this way in this era of cloud computing?

Why cant we forge open standards of communication that allow room for expansion and interconnect and are not just elaborate walled gardens?

Why Not? is the question for the future!

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