Little Known Secret Revealed: Anyone Can Now Search the Entire Internet!

[MineralMan]

Questions are always coming up that need answers. When you had a question about some prominent person or thing, you used to have to ask your friends if they knew anything about it. If no friends were handy, you could even ask people on Internet websites if they had any information that would help you get the answer.

Now, however, a revolutionary new website lets you ask your question by typing just a few keywords. Then, that website will search the entire Internet to find answers to almost any question and let you get additional information just by clicking on links. It works, apparently, in just seconds.

This remarkable discovery is called Google, and it's revolutionizing the way people get and explore information. Want to try it? Just click the link below and discover its amazing power:

http://www.google.com

Copyright 1998 by InfoWorld

[Iggo]

1. Can anyone confirm this?

Asking for a friend.

[MineralMan]

2. By all accounts, it does work.

I'm planning to try it later this week, if I have any questions that need answering.

[underpants]

6. I googled google and got google

Looks like it's a scam or a liberal hoax.

[Iggo]

7. There's nothing about it yet on Snopes. (n/t)

[underpants]

9. LOL

My post below on snopes.

[Iggo]

23. Heheheh.

[Dr. Strange]

22. It's an older meme but it checks out.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google

[LAS14]

3. What is this about? Are you suggesting that people should Google...

...the questions they might otherwise ask DUers? I'm not sure why, but I like getting answers to some questions from people talking directly to me, although, of course, I use Google a lot. As does every single DUer, I'm sure. So, again, what's this about?

tia
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[yallerdawg]

4. Everytime I make a statement...

whoever I'm talking to looks at their phone and corrects me!

Who the hell are they calling?

[MineralMan]

5. Apparently, they know the secret of Google.

I don't know why it's not more popular, really. It sounds wonderful. I plan to try using it soon.

[underpants]

8. LIES! It's all lies!!!

That's the response from a good number of my FB "friends".

No, Nixon did not pardon McCain for acts of treason --- yes there recently was a meme going around about that.

And heaven forbid you cite Snopes.

[VermontKevin]

10. A little help for those challenged by this:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google

[MineralMan]

11. Wow! That really helps a lot!

Thanks so much!

[VermontKevin]

12. I do my best.

[underpants]

24. (Raises hand in back of the room) Can you go over step 2 again?

[DetlefK]

13. Google can only find the websites that give Google permission to do so in their robot.txt

You can simply block Google from finding your website by configuring the robot.txt file of your website to deny permission to the Google-bot to report your website back to the search-engine.

What do you think why you cannot find certain corporate web-pages via Google?
Or stuff like the Deep Web /Dark Web???????????????????????????

[MineralMan]

15. Well, OK, but it does seem to work pretty well in finding

most information of interest to people. I understand that most web designers try really, really hard to get Google's attention and get ranked high in its results, though. I think most websites want Google to find them, for some unknown reason.

[cally]

14. Misleading statement although I recognize sarcasm

Information specialists know much of our information is blocked behind paywalls and in private archives. It is a huge mistake to only do research through general search engines. For basic questions, yes, but full research requires access to research resources often accessed through libraries. I often do business research and some of the best business research is through investment firms with access only to investors or by knowing someone who will share with you.

Drives me crazy when any of us implies a simple google search leads to all the answers. It's a great tool and first step. I still rely on asking others for information the old fashioned ways. I often get much better information much faster!!!

[MineralMan]

16. Most people, however, have simple questions that have simple answers.

That's what I've noticed, anyhow. I also understand that a person can sometimes get past paywalls by doing some specific Google searches that are of help with that. Now, I would never do anything like that, of course, but I understand that it's sometimes possible.

[Not Ruth]

17. Google tweaks search results

For both money and joy.

I read it on the Internet.

[Initech]

18. Fake news! Wrong! Sad!

[niyad]

19. does this obviate the need for mamma and dogpile?

[MineralMan]

20. The more the merrier, I always say.

[niyad]

21. there is that!

[Sugar Smack]

25. So, what's "obviate" mean?

[niyad]

27. dictionary.com is your friend.

[Sugar Smack]

28. Not Google??

[MineralMan]

33. Google will also provide the definition of "obviate."

[Egnever]

34. .

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=obviate

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. At some point, though, you'll come to the end.

http://hmpg.net/

[underpants]

31. Uh-huh. Rule#34

Rule 34—"If it exists, there is porn of it – no exceptions"

Just search everything again but add "porn" the the end of it.

[guillaumeb]

29. Fake news.

[hfojvt]

30. can you find this?

"The stranger sat on the edge of the bed and put one hand on the phone. 'What's the number for the hospital?'
The doctor blinked. 'Why?'
'Dammit, I asked you. If you won't tell me, I'd rather beat it out of you than look it up.'

What book is that from?

How much work does it take for you to find out?

Does somebody reading this (besides me) know the answer without looking it up?

[underpants]

32. Is the answer "Jesus"?

[MineralMan]

35. Easy. I searched for the last sentence.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS730US730&biw=1920&bih=950&q="I%27d+rather+beat+it+out+of+you+than+look+it+up."

First link was Google Books copy of Lightning, by Dean Koontz.

[Egnever]

36. it's from lightning by Dean Koontz

I am not sure if you were kidding but putting that quote into google brings you right to it.

[hfojvt]

45. which quote?

When I google the last line I get

1. all the lyrics to Kendrick Lamar's Damn/ real 92.3

2. Kendrick Lamar's love

3. mommie dearest - wikiquote

4. a series of images

and only then Lightning

Of course, I had to get the quote wrong in order to make it at least a little harder to find.

With google sometimes you have to wade through a lot of crap you didn't want or refine your search a number of times and still cam come up empty.

For example, you can find a lot of obituaries online for people who died after 2005. But sometimes you cannot find an obituary for somebody who died last month. Google cannot find everything. and it can be even tougher if you are not sure if the person is living or dead.

On FB for example, people have posted lists of missing classmates that they would like to contact about reunions. Because I have a lot of experience doing that type of searching I can perhaps find death records easier than somebody else who was told to "just google it yourself".

[BostonianMagi]

37. Well, no, it really doesn't.

There are entire sections of the Internet that Google does not index. Not an easy browse.

Magi

[MineralMan]

38. What questions would I ask that only have answers in those sections?

I'd be curious to know.

[uppityperson]

47. Google it

[BostonianMagi]

49. If you think google exposes the entirety of the Internet

then I will leave you to your rant. Thank you for asking. However, I have no idea what questions YOU would ask.

Magi

[madinmaryland]

39. Amazing find!! I just found tRump's Pee Tape!!

[matt819]

40. I was watching Endeavour on TV

Season 4, episode 1. Computer programmers had to search for a name beginning with As and living in a particular town. It took all night. One of the programmers had a pet mouse on his shoulder. And earlier in the episode they portrayed a chess match between a Russian chess player and this 1967 computer. The computer took about 40 minutes to make a move, but it won.

[matt819]

41. You know. . .

It occurs to me that if they put advertising on those search results, they might just make a little money.

[MichaelSoE]

42. what i hate is the auto-fill/suggestions as you type. Put in the letter A and immediately

they want me to click on Asian A** Porn ... so embarrassing at work.

[Major Nikon]

43. Not quite

The deep web,invisible web, or hidden web are parts of the World Wide Web whose contents are not indexed by standard search engines for any reason.

[fleabiscuit]

44. Even Google has a limitation...

> https://tinyurl.com/bud4 <

[Flaleftist]

46. The Internet is amazing. Everything Two Scoops knows is on there.

[Buns_of_Fire]

48. And you're not allowed to put anything on the Internet that isn't true.

I read that on the Internet.