Comments on: Google Co-op http://www.chinhdo.com/20070217/google-co-op/ Chinh's not quite random thoughts on software development, .NET, gadgets, and other things. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Chinh Do http://www.chinhdo.com/20070217/google-co-op/#comment-381 Chinh Do Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:07:35 +0000 http://www.chinhdo.com/20070217/google-co-op/#comment-381 It's Dan Appleman of Desaware and SpyWorks! I believe I saw you in person once in VBITS Orlando (1996). Yes, I do agree with you about the quality vs quantity equation. I sometimes do use SearchDotNet as an initial search, and turning over to Google if I couldn't find the info I need and need to dig deeper. One thing I'd like to see is for Co-op to allow for the inclusion of newsgroups. That would really be nice. If I can't find the info I am after in regular Google, Advanced Google Groups search (for messages in microsoft.public.dotnet*) is usually my next search. It’s Dan Appleman of Desaware and SpyWorks! I believe I saw you in person once in VBITS Orlando (1996).

Yes, I do agree with you about the quality vs quantity equation. I sometimes do use SearchDotNet as an initial search, and turning over to Google if I couldn’t find the info I need and need to dig deeper.

One thing I’d like to see is for Co-op to allow for the inclusion of newsgroups. That would really be nice. If I can’t find the info I am after in regular Google, Advanced Google Groups search (for messages in microsoft.public.dotnet*) is usually my next search.

]]> By: Dan Appleman http://www.chinhdo.com/20070217/google-co-op/#comment-144 Dan Appleman Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:23:27 +0000 http://www.chinhdo.com/20070217/google-co-op/#comment-144 Ah, but that's exactly the point! You can always go to Google for quantity, the question is quality. The two or three pages you get on SearchDotNet include MSDN entries, some great entries from the .NET security blog (a dev blog), and some forum entries. There are also few (if any) duplicate entries. On the full search you have 300 pages that includes Java info, Delphi, A bunch of irrelevant sample code and plenty of duplicates. SearchDotNet isn't intended to replace the full Google search. It's intended to offer an effective "initial search" capability to give you fast access to the information that is most likely to be what you're looking for. Then, if you need more, you can always use the main Google search. Ah, but that’s exactly the point! You can always go to Google for quantity, the question is quality. The two or three pages you get on SearchDotNet include MSDN entries, some great entries from the .NET security blog (a dev blog), and some forum entries. There are also few (if any) duplicate entries.
On the full search you have 300 pages that includes Java info, Delphi, A bunch of irrelevant sample code and plenty of duplicates.
SearchDotNet isn’t intended to replace the full Google search. It’s intended to offer an effective “initial search” capability to give you fast access to the information that is most likely to be what you’re looking for. Then, if you need more, you can always use the main Google search.

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