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I can See Our House from this Web Hits Chart

CatbasketryCatbasketry Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Debate and/or Discourse
Wasn't there an old PA strip where they stood upon a chart of web traffic, the PA line twice as high as the PVP line, and Gabe said "I can see our house from here"?

I can't find it in the archiverizationalisms.

Anyone know whar tis?

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    15 minutes on google with nothing even close

    10 seconds on Bing

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/03/

    I know who my new search provider is. :rotate:

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Bing is incredible really.

    If Google doesn't buy them or do something equivalent, then it could be the beginning of the end.

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Since Bing is owned by Microsoft, I do not see a Google acquisition happening.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ಠ_ರೃ wrote: »
    Bing is incredible really.

    If Google doesn't buy them or do something equivalent, then it could be the beginning of the end.

    It'll be some years before Google can buy Microsoft. :P

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Uh, Bing is Windows Live Search with a new name.

    Google aren't buying MS anytime soon.

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Bing has the better technology though.

    Google may always be around because of stuff like GMail and Ads, but I think their reign as the top search engine will end in a matter of years.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Google has been slipping up some lately, so a little humbling could do them some good. Every time MS gets humbled they make a better product.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Google essentially has the IE problem, in that every advertiser on the planet is trying to break their product constantly.

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Didn't Google Wave come out and become fuck-all useless except for only very specific things?


    Wasn't it supposed to be a GMail killer, or hell, the climax of textual communication?

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ಠ_ರೃ wrote: »
    Didn't Google Wave come out and become fuck-all useless except for only very specific things?


    Wasn't it supposed to be a GMail killer, or hell, the climax of textual communication?

    It still needs a few features to be useful, and those features are planned.

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Elaborate.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Are you all alts for one guy who works for Microsoft?

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Try Bing for yourself.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Actually I'm trying it out just now and it is turning up stuff that google didn't.

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  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2010
    Huh it looks like PA dropped off massively about halfway through last year. I wonder why.

    Maybe it had to do with the server migration or something?

    http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/penny-arcade.com?p=tgraph&r=home_home

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    It seems like it's the place to go when you are actually looking for something specific, rather than just dicking around on Google.

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  • YougottawannaYougottawanna Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Hey, just a few strips after that is what might be the first appearance of Jim Darkmagic:

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  • ThetherooThetheroo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Huh, never put that together before.

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ಠ_ರೃ wrote: »
    Didn't Google Wave come out and become fuck-all useless except for only very specific things?


    Wasn't it supposed to be a GMail killer, or hell, the climax of textual communication?

    Wave is still in the invite-only beta stage, and it's pretty awesome except nobody is using it.

    As for search, this kind of reminds me of the old days when you'd go through three or four search engines (with names nobody remembers anymore like Lycos and Altavista) because each one had slightly different but still sorta useful results for whatever you were looking for.

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Is there a Bing toolbar available?

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ಠ_ರೃ wrote: »
    Elaborate.

    Groups
    Irond Will wrote: »
    Huh it looks like PA dropped off massively about halfway through last year. I wonder why.

    Maybe it had to do with the server migration or something?

    http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/penny-arcade.com?p=tgraph&r=home_home

    http://www.quantcast.com/penny-arcade.com

    1.4m a month is still a lot. Sites go through peaks and valleys and there isn't always an explanation. Plus this has been kind of a a down two years where people are busy looking for work, preparing to be fired, or trying to keep their job.

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  • CatbasketryCatbasketry Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Wow. THat's good press for Bing. Thanks for finding it!

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Catbasketry wrote: »
    Wow. THat's good press for Bing. Thanks for finding it!

    I thought this was a spambot post until I realized you were the OP. :P

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  • CatbasketryCatbasketry Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I can see why you thought that.

    Also, I should add, YAY MICROSOFT WOOP WOOP WOOP BEEP CLICK *ding* paycheck.
    Er, I mean, I like pudding.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Pudding is pretty great.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I've tried Bing. Didn't really get the big deal.
    I do use WolframAlpha for tons of stuff though.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Apparently the query that found it on Bing also finds it on Google, both in result #1. :?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Holy shit, I just found out AltaVista still exists.

    why?

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Seems like the visits cited tail off in a very similar way for national/international visits. Interesting

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