Proceratium google (Google ant)

I just thought it's a good indication of how deep they have integrated
into our lives.

Google Earth helps a group of entomologists in their research and they
name the species (native of Madagascar) after Google. The ant can be seen
here:

http://www.antweb.org/description.do...oogle&project=

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www.1-script.com wrote:

I just thought it's a good indication of how deep they have integrated
into our lives.

Google Earth helps a group of entomologists in their research and they
name the species (native of Madagascar) after Google. The ant can be seen
here:

http://www.antweb.org/description.do...oogle&project=

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Cheers,
Dmitri

Wait until this time next year and you'll see how fast they un-integrate

from google because AOL is going to make a change this summer and dump
google for either yahoo or msn search or more thenlikely I think they'll
start their own search engine the way they did with DMOZ which actually
was owned by Netscape and when AOL bought netscape they owned dmoz. That
would be the best move to do their own search engine. Whatever aol uses
for their search results for them becomes the number one search engine
which means google is on its way next year. When aol used Inktomi they
became the biggest, then they went to Excite and they became the
biggest, then dmoz which then became the biggest, and most recently
google which now is the biggest. So we only have to put up with google's
crazy algos one more year kids and then we'll finally be free of all the
craziness of it and it is totally bonkers to say the least. AOL GO!

Sam wrote:

Wait until this time next year and you'll see how fast they
un-integrate from google because AOL is going to make a change this summer
and dump google for either yahoo or msn search or more thenlikely I think
they'll start their own search engine the way they did with DMOZ which
actually was owned by Netscape and when AOL bought netscape they owned dmoz.
That would be the best move to do their own search engine. Whatever aol uses
for their search results for them becomes the number one search engine
which means google is on its way next year. When aol used Inktomi they
became the biggest, then they went to Excite and they became the
biggest, then dmoz which then became the biggest, and most recently
google which now is the biggest. So we only have to put up with
google's
crazy algos one more year kids and then we'll finally be free of all
the
craziness of it and it is totally bonkers to say the least. AOL GO!

It actually beats me to understand why AOL did not develop its own search
engine 10+ years ago when they entered this whole dial-up business. I
think it is a huge oversight on their part which is not going to be very
easy to fix now that their time is gone.

You are kidding yourself, though, if you're thinking AOL deal is going to
break Google. It is very easy to see just how big AOL traffic is compared
to Google's by simply looking at one's referrer stats. Traffic from AOL in
my case accounts for about 3% that from Google. Yours may be different,
but I would think it would still be 1/20 of Google's or so. Is it not an
indication that Google will survive the loss of 1/20th of its index users?

AOL themselves are very much a thing of the past, and they have to
re-invent themselves few times over before they can be a serious threat to
anybody.

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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:17:47 GMT, info_at_1-script_dot_com (AT) foo (DOT) com
(www.1-script.com) wrote:

Sam wrote:

Wait until this time next year and you'll see how fast they
un-integrate from google because AOL is going to make a change this summer
and dump google for either yahoo or msn search or more thenlikely I think
they'll start their own search engine the way they did with DMOZ which
actually was owned by Netscape and when AOL bought netscape they owned dmoz.
That would be the best move to do their own search engine. Whatever aol uses
for their search results for them becomes the number one search engine
which means google is on its way next year. When aol used Inktomi they
became the biggest, then they went to Excite and they became the
biggest, then dmoz which then became the biggest, and most recently
google which now is the biggest. So we only have to put up with
google's
crazy algos one more year kids and then we'll finally be free of all
the
craziness of it and it is totally bonkers to say the least. AOL GO!

It actually beats me to understand why AOL did not develop its own search
engine 10+ years ago when they entered this whole dial-up business.

I think they are still trying to figure out this "dial up stuff" ...
erm I mean ISP stuff ... even though now we are up to DSL. cable,
satellite, and other methods of connection that AOL is still
scratching their head over. (Yes, I tried AOL - once, and called them
after 5 days into the free trial to cancel)

think it is a huge oversight on their part which is not going to be very
easy to fix now that their time is gone.

You are kidding yourself, though, if you're thinking AOL deal is going to
break Google.

I agree ...

It is very easy to see just how big AOL traffic is compared
to Google's by simply looking at one's referrer stats. Traffic from AOL in
my case accounts for about 3% that from Google. Yours may be different,

Which only means that AOL users may start out by using AOL for 1 or 2
search queries but, while web surfing, use Google, MSN, or Yahoo
directly for any other web searches they may do. A number of AOL users
may have Yahoo or Google toolbar installed that they can use for web
searches ...

but I would think it would still be 1/20 of Google's or so. Is it not an
indication that Google will survive the loss of 1/20th of its index users?

AOL themselves are very much a thing of the past, and they have to
re-invent themselves few times over before they can be a serious threat to
anybody.

Well, given that each year - even with new PCs handed out Xmas gifts -
the number of "new users", which is AOL's primary target market (the
newbies that won't mind AOL's limited service and limitations) -
lowers. I think the next 5 years will be interesting for AOL as they
will have to switch tactics to try to keep the users they have now
versus relying on new users coming on board to replace the older ones
that left for actual ISPs.

Carol