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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009, 12:25 pm
Twoogle

In case anyone cares, today I are trying an experiment: every time I want to do a Google search, I'm using Twitter search instead - posting reactions @hatmandu with the hashtag #twoogle. Will post reflections here tomorrow.
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:39 pm (UTC)
[info]rickbot

My most recent Google search was aimed at identifying the link between Kinmen county in Taiwan, and Jinmen. How does Twoogle do on that?
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:51 pm (UTC)
[info]hatmandu

It doesn't, as wellyouknewitwouldn't!

In fairness one ought to mention Google has a decade's more data behind it... (etc etc)
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:52 pm (UTC)
[info]hatmandu

Though not actually useless at all for the separate terms.
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:53 pm (UTC)
[info]hatmandu

Anyway, DO YOUR OWN SEARCHES, PUNY MORTALS!
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:57 pm (UTC)
[info]rickbot

Hatmandoogle

In case anyone cares, today I are trying an experiment: every time I want to do a Google search, I'm asking Hatmandu to run a Twitter search instead - posting reactions @rickbox with the hashtag #hatmandoogle. Will post reflections here tomorrow.
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 01:11 pm (UTC)
[info]hatmandu

WhyIoutta...
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 12:56 pm (UTC)
[info]rickbot

Well indeed, Wikipedia was the best search engine in this case.

I found they are different spellings of the same placename, which is why I suspected no one would twitter about it.
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Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009 01:11 pm (UTC)
[info]hatmandu

Yes, I was gonna say that: I haven't suddenly stopped using Wikipedia.
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