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Re: [gnu.org #194297] Re: Emacs-devel list IS slow
From: |
Lawrence Mitchell |
Subject: |
Re: [gnu.org #194297] Re: Emacs-devel list IS slow |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:40:23 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 |
Richard Stallman wrote:
> Searching for "emacs" and not finding it is much better than if
> you were searching for "emacs" and found vi instead. Unfortunately,
> this is what Google does now. If you search for emacs by
> http://www.google.com/search?q=best+emacs&cat=gwd%2FTop
> then Google returns results with the first link pointing to Vi editor :-(
This is not strictly true. Searching in the directory category
gives, as results, links to Emacs-related pages.
The first link on the page is a "Google Directory" link. Since
Vi lives in the same category ("Editors"), as Emacs, Google
suggests that its category may be of interest. To whit:
| Directory Results 1 - 10 of about 368 for best emacs. (0.23 seconds)
This is what we searched for.
| Related categories: Computers > Software > Editors > Vi
| Computers > Software > Internet > Clients > WWW >
Browsers
These are Google directory categories that Google's backend
thinks may also be of interest.
| Emacs: The Sacred Editor
| Category: Computers > Open Source > Software > Editors > Emacs
| Theological Issues concerning The One True Editor, with
| particular reference to vi. As Saint IGNUcius...
| www.dina.dk/~abraham/religion/ - Cached - Similar pages
This is the first link.
> Is there any procedure for reporting such errors to Google?
> (I have no idea.) If there is, could someone do it?
If people think there is a flaw in the Google's /search/
results, one can report it via email to
address@hidden
If one wants to query the web directory (which in this case is
the pertinant one, I think), one can email
address@hidden
[...]
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Lawrence Mitchell <address@hidden>