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    • EGOL
      EGOL last edited by

      I'd like to see google start a new search engine.  They  might call it Vanoogle.com (Vanilla Google).

      This search engine would not be stinked up with social data, freshness inclusions,   crap from my last query, skewed based upon my IP, warped because of my browser, targeted because of my cookies, no personalization, no image results, product results, none of that stuff.

      Ads are OK if labeled.

      I just want a plain vanilla search.  Something that I know is "clean".

      Just like the good olde days. Millions of people will start using it right away.  🙂

      Would you use Vanoogle.com?

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      • Matt-Williamson
        Matt-Williamson last edited by

        Vanilla sometimes is the best flavour - I'd definitely give it  a go! Here's to making the web a better place Egol.

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        • MattJanaway
          MattJanaway last edited by

          mmmmmmm.... I like Vanilla!!

          My life would be complete if Google decided to do that!

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          • irvingw
            irvingw last edited by

            yea i'd like to see TV channels with no commercials too.

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            • Jinx14678
              Jinx14678 last edited by

              Never Seen BS tags before, is that a way to rank higher in Vanoogle?

              🙂

              I would not 😞 sorry

              I am a convert, I like the way search is going. of course there are gonna be bumps along the way, but I think the social integration is a better way to connect people. We have already shown our predisposition to loving this mentality of online communitites, so i think this is just another stepping stone to the new social "It"product.

              I also like geolocation, I think as an SEO/Internet Marketer it makes my life more confusing and more confusing to clients/employers, but as a general user I think it is definitely on the right track to helping people get with local resources, as well as brands, which i thinks makes for a more informed consumer.

              just my 2 cents

              🙂

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              • EGOL
                EGOL @Matt-Williamson last edited by

                I was surprised last week when I searched for "georgia" and then searched for "guitars" a moment later and found that google was delivering results contaminated by previous queries.  http://www.seomoz.org/q/google-query-contamination

                They monkey with the SERPs and don't tell.

                So, I agree, sometimes vanilla is the best flavor.

                That's why I want Vanoogle.com

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                • EGOL
                  EGOL @Jinx14678 last edited by

                  Never Seen BS tags before, is that a way to rank higher in Vanoogle?

                  Heaven's no!

                  We will need yet another search engine for that....  Bulloogle.com

                  Lots of what I write should be indexed there.

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                  • EGOL
                    EGOL @irvingw last edited by

                    ha...  That's really funny.... and I think you are right!

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                    • Jinx14678
                      Jinx14678 @EGOL last edited by

                      Now Bulloogle.com, that is something I can get behind

                      all BS all the time, you never know what you will get!

                      🙂

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                      • EGOL
                        EGOL @MattJanaway last edited by

                        SEOs would like to have it to know "where they really rank".

                        The average guy would like to have it just to enjoy "crap-free SERPs".

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                        • EGOL
                          EGOL @EGOL last edited by

                          Right!   It might replace StumbleUpon.

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                          • activitysuper
                            activitysuper last edited by

                            I don't think so EGOL, maybe you are just looking at it from the SEO side of the fence.

                            When im searching for my own purposes Google 80% of the time delivers everything I want, whether its a map of places to eat in my local city or youtube rich snippets of a band ive heard about.

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                            • DenverKelly
                              DenverKelly last edited by

                              Nice Post, EGOL. You don't like Google with all the "improvements" - like to I rank 6th on page 1 or 17th, depending on what Google decides to display on the SERPS.

                              How about DuckDuckGo? They are pretty generic and without personalization.

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                              • EGOL
                                EGOL @activitysuper last edited by

                                So, you would use vanoogle for the other 20%?

                                I think that most people would use it all of the time.... so if 80% of people use it all of the time and the rest use it 20% of the time that would be 84% market share.

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                                • EGOL
                                  EGOL @DenverKelly last edited by

                                  I like it.  The Faveicons add character. (... and my sites rank well)

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                                  • DenverKelly
                                    DenverKelly @EGOL last edited by

                                    Your sites ranking well is the most important criteria for Vanoogle!!

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                                    • activitysuper
                                      activitysuper @EGOL last edited by

                                      The other 20% with the yellow pages.

                                      No need for vanoogle, why don't you just go back to the very beginning and use http://www.dmoz.org/.

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                                      • SEODinosaur
                                        SEODinosaur last edited by

                                        It would be nice if they gave you google classic (AKA Vanoogle.com) as an option. That way everyone would be happy.

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                                        • activitysuper
                                          activitysuper @SEODinosaur last edited by

                                          Yeah that would be nice, the nearest thing I got to that is going 'incognito' in chrome.

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                                          • EGOL
                                            EGOL @activitysuper last edited by

                                            I used to have a "clean machine" that I used to check rankings, never signed in and never clicked anything in the SERPs.  That has stopped working because previous searches are stinking up the SERPs.

                                            I want a button to "turn off all bias".

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