Friday, February 4, 2011

Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro

Is Bing copying Google?

This post is an excerpt from So, Bing's Copying Off Google: What Now, Google?.
The Short Version

The long and short of it is that Google started making up "words" that no one would actually search for - "hiybbprqag" for example - and then linking them to unrelated results. The gotcha moment came when Google engineers searched Bing for those "words" (after weeks of using Internet Explorer, searching for those "words") and came up with those same results.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wow - Google's Art Project

This post is an excerpt from Art Project, powered by Google.
Art Project, powered by Google

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.