My ChatGPT engagement is now far higher than with Google. I started using ChatGPT in June 2023. From Sep 2023 - Feb 2024, my Google usage was 5x ChatGPT. Then, fell to 3x until May 2024. Then about 2x until Apr 2025. Since May 2025, it sits at the 1.5x mark. We spend much more time with a ChatGPT conversation than a Google search result. So clearly, ChatGPT is my top app, beating Google some months ago. ...
I’ve updated Mixamail to access Google search results via e-mail. For those new here, Mixamail is an e-mail client for Twitter. It lets you read and update Twitter just using your e-mail (you’ll have to register once via Twitter, though). Now, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] with a subject of “Google” and a body containing your query. You’ll get a reply within a few seconds (~20 seconds on my BlackBerry) with the top 8 search results along with the snippets. ...
When I wrote my Tamil song lyrics quizzes, I had two problems: I can't write in Tamil (not on paper, nor on a computer) I can't spell right in Tamil (ந vs ன, ர vs ற) I overcame the first using a Tamil transliterator. I write in English, and you see it in Tamil. The problem of ந vs ன was simple. ந occurs as the first letter of a word, and just before த. Nowhere else. (Is this always true?) ...
Google’s dirty little secret talks about how Google determines whether your site appears on top for a search depending on whether you and the searcher are in the same geography or not. So if your server is in Kazakhstan, expect fewer hits.
When you make a link, there’s no guarantee that the link will work 5 years later. Sites change their URL structure. I’m finding that many of my blog entries from 2000 are invalid. Sometimes you want to link to a concept rather than a site. In such cases, it’s better to link to a Google query. For example, rather than link to a site that defines SVG, I could link to the Google search define:SVG. ...
55 ways to have fun with Google. Comments Dhar 25 Jun 2006 7:59 am: Just finished the book, didn’t find it too interesting. :(( S Anand 25 Jun 2006 8:52 am: Me neither. :-(
Though Google Reader learns to share, I haven’t found it easy to see what others are reading. Even a Google search for shared lists reveals very few.
Determine a sex by name. If you don’t know if a name is male or female, just search for the name on Google images. (e.g. “Priti”) Comments Umasuthan 18 Apr 2006 5:36 pm: That is not always true. Try ‘Kiran’ S Anand 18 Apr 2006 10:17 pm: You’re right. The article does warn of unisex names!
Good guidelines on improving pagerank. via LazyGeek
Now, Google search history lets you tag and bookmark.
Google’s search for meaning. Paul Vitanyi and Rudi Cilibrasi use Google to determine the similarity of words. (Pairs of words that get higher hits are more similar to each other.)
Recognising the problems with PageRank. via RobotWisdom
Recent Google goodies: News alerts, Calculator, and the ~ operator. via GoogleBlog
The 591 spellings of Britney Spears on Google searches. What’s also interesting is to read the sites that have linked to the mis-spellings.
Why am I the second hit on Google for queries like “arabic food’s pictures”, “wedding pictures in chennai in geocities”, and “iim grads future”?
Reactions to Google’s revised search algorithm. People’s rankings on certain keywords appear to have changed. Mine hasn’t. So far.
Fame has its ironical twists. I was searching in google for someone who could deliver movie tickets on the phone at Bandra. The irony is that my site landed up on top. P.S: The title is sarcastic. I DO NOT deliver tickets. I’m a consultant, not a ticket distributor. So please don’t try to book your tickets in the comments section below!
I take my post on 31st May back. Satish’s site links to mine.
Never thought the day would come when the Google query S Anand would throw up my name first. Probably won’t last…
The strong linkage between Google and blogs can lead to subversions like Googlebombing (more). The Church of Scientology is already using it. Speaking of which, my weblog archive got a fair number of hits from the Google search for imdbpro password. I wondered why. Turns out that my archive joins IMDBPro and Metafilter as the only page that mentions the words IMDBPro and password!
The secret lives of numbers. These people searched Google for the number of occurrences of EACH number upto 1 million.
I work at a fun place (search for “Having fun in India” on Google).
Is IIM-B known on the Internet? What do people think? Who links to IIMB?