its to long, gave me a headache! elf • Moderator, Blind Access Help. • Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of an alacorn" www.alacorncomputer.com • proprietor: Inthane's Grab Bag for blind computer users and Programmers! http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Balik" <spbalik@xxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:06 AM Subject: Re: Google accessible search gone Here is a survey on Google accessibility sent to me by our Google Student Ambassador in case any of you are interested: http://www.acb.org/googlesurvey -- Suzanne Balik Lecturer DAN 210 Computer Science Dept., Box 8206 (919) 515-3654 NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8206 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spbalik On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:27 PM, inthane <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
thanks for cluing me in!if I haven't herd it several times, it won't link up in my brain, think I'mgetting old! I know I have a terminal case of CRS! I... ----- Original Message ----- From: Sina Bahram To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:23 PM Subject: RE: Google accessible search gone Search engine optimization Take care, Sina From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of inthane Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 2:17 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Google accessible search gone I'm not following what your talking about SEO? what is s e o elf • Moderator, Blind Access Help. • Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of an alacorn" www.alacorncomputer.com • proprietor: Inthane's Grab Bag for blind computer users and Programmers! http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Katherine Moss To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 7:39 PM Subject: RE: Google accessible search gone Sorry. Only speaking from experience. I’m a bing user not because I prefermicrosoft, but because I like it’s search the best, so why not put it here?And the thingo regarding SEO kind of just slipped. I didn’t mean to say it out loud. Sorry about that, guys, though it’s so true. I’m not gonna lie. From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield, Tyler Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:36 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Google accessible search goneOne thing you should do is switch from google to Bing. Their searching isvery good, but if you’re trying to use Bing for SEO, you might as >well stopright...Microsoft Fanboy incoming. On 8/17/2011 8:23 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: One thing you should do is switch from google to Bing. Their searching isvery good, but if you’re trying to use Bing for SEO, you might as well stopright there. It’s an abomination. From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:59 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Google accessible search gone Typical of this damn computer and Windows Vista. Junk appearing and functions changing randomly.I am on google many times a day and haven't looked at my cookies in months!Dale leavens. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Google accessible search goneIf you don't turn it off, Google tries to guess what you are searching for. And you won't necessarily hear what is being added to your terms before youhit enter. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Google accessible search goneThere seems to be a new link asking users of screen readers to click to turnoff Google Instant what ever that is. I haven't seen that before today. Dale leavens. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:18 AM Subject: Google accessible search gone The google accessible search interface, which was here: http://labs.google.com/accessible/is now gone/inactive, and when looking for reasoning, I found the followingblog related to google's labs development/experiments, so seems will just have to go back to using the normal google search for now...: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-wood-behind-fewer-arrows.html Pity, since the accessible search interface was quite a bit cleaner, and also ranked search results a bit differently based on the 'cleanliness' of their content, but anyway. Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' -- Take care, Ty my website: http://tds-solutions.net my blog: http://tds-solutions.net/blog skype: st8amnd127 My programs don't have bugs; they're randomly added features!
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