The "cool" factor - Google

Now, we all know that Google is the best SE (the sane ones of us, that is). We are constantly mentioning that they have better serps etc... but guess what?

Google is better because of the cool factor. It is simply a classier website than most. Can you think of any other sites where you wouln't be annoyed to see an error page?

 

Actually that annoys me quite a bit!

 

Yeah I know, but 'cmon we're BETA testers... think of it that way

*ok sorry for the stupid thread

 

http://www.google.com/dwSqsqa

Nice ?

I dont see Google as cool at all. It does cool things, but their 'personal approach' and 'sense of humour' makes them feel a bit more grounded (for a Billion dollar business)

 

True. But it still pisses me off when I need to get an email and I can't because the system is down.

***I know, minstrel! I should "pop it"!

 

off topic

whats with all the masks?

on topic

Google is still very good and im grateful it exists..

 

Actually yes, which one is nicer?
http://www.google.com/dwSqsqa
http://www.yahoo.com/fsdafsdaf
http://www.msn.com/uiosdfiud/

 

The masks are so we know he's crazy hehe

 

Yahoo wins, you can still search (there is not too much info)

 

Good point, I still think Google's cooler though. neener neener heh

 

What's the inside joke? - other than the number googol. I guess I'm not enough of a nerd to know

 

I don't think it's very cool when I can't get into my gmail either. They might as well show a guy bending over and text that says, "I hope this doesnt hurt too bad".

 

The official word, from a 1998 version of the Google website:

"10^100 (a gigantic number) is a googol, but we liked the spelling "Google" better. We picked the name "Google" because our goal is to make huge quantities of information available to everyone. And it sounds cool and has only six letters. "

So they were going for cool from the very start

 

I don't know why people use free email like Gmail (or Yahoo) and then complain when it's down. I mean, duh, it's free. You get what you paid for -- or in this case, didn't pay for.

 

Yahoo
Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

rude, unsophisticated, uncouth. - thats cool.

You cant go for cool - that just makes you not cool, you either are or you arent

From yahoo:
The Web site started out as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" but eventually received a new moniker with the help of a dictionary. The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the general definition of a yahoo: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Yahoo! itself first resided on Yang's student workstation, "Akebono," while the software was lodged on Filo's computer, "Konishiki" - both named after legendary sumo wrestlers.
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/history.html

All of which matters not.. Google produces better results at the moment..

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note number 2
http://www.google.com/search?q=yaho...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
Yahoo must consider widgets THE most important thing, and google is doing the same.. with its apps. Bye Bye browsers..

 

Yeah, I understand that...and I don't complain.

Nevertheless, it's still frustrating and I don't appreciate having it rubbed in my face with that, "cross your fingers, click your heels and hope that it works soon!" malarkey!

 

The Google test Ads are pretty cool. So is the fact that Google Store is on osCommeerce. The Inline Revisions suck though.

I'd never buy merchandise, they're not that cool.

Their Big Brother style operations isn't cool either.

 

Mmm.. them Google test ads are odd.