Author Topic: "STOP! WIREDOO TIME!", exclaims pop star MC Hammer as he announces... (Read 941 times)

Nickelob Ultra · October 23, 2011, 12:51:56 AM

...a search engine.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, he is announcing a SEARCH ENGINE.

It's called WireDoo and supposedly will stand apart from Google with its ability to "deep search" by going for related keywords as well.

Personal opinion: That's loving stupid. If I wanted to search "mitsubishi galant '95" I'm sure as hell not gonna pay attention to the related keyword "mitsubishi galant '98". Very rarely do "related keywords" actually work. When google gives me "related keywords" it's usually the corrected spelling of something I searched. When YouTube tries to generate related keywords for my videos, it's some outland-ish subject like "racing" when I'm uploading a video about Minecraft. God knows what Bing does for related keywords but I can't be assed to find out.

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Trogtor · October 23, 2011, 12:56:08 AM

Seriously, search engines cannot compete against google, not even bing.

Night Fox · October 23, 2011, 12:57:27 AM

there really is no competition when it comes to Google, lol
not just the search engine, either

Nickelob Ultra · October 23, 2011, 01:01:43 AM

Quote from: Trogtor on October 23, 2011, 12:56:08 AM

Seriously, search engines cannot compete against google, not even bing.

Quote from: Night Fox on October 23, 2011, 12:57:27 AM

there really is no competition when it comes to Google, lol
not just the search engine, either

Exactly. It's like EA entering the DRM market, Steam already dominates it.

There are so many companies wasting time and money going into fields they have no hope of chasing. The only exception is Google+ vs Facebook but due to FB's already-gained popularity it isn't successful.

Coulmbai · October 23, 2011, 01:13:32 AM

Lol trying to compete against google

Max4344 · October 23, 2011, 01:15:01 AM

Quote from: Coulmbai on October 23, 2011, 01:13:32 AM

Lol trying to compete against google

Colten · October 23, 2011, 01:18:46 AM

Quote from: Nickelob Ultra on October 23, 2011, 01:01:43 AM

Exactly. It's like EA entering the DRM market, Steam already dominates it.

There are so many companies wasting time and money going into fields they have no hope of chasing. The only exception is Google+ vs Facebook but due to FB's already-gained popularity it isn't successful.

Bad brown townogy, the average person knows about Google and uses it day to day. The average person however, does not know what Steam is or has every heard of Valve. Many have heard of EA though due to its many popular titles and the whole EA Sports franchise. So if EA pushes this Origin thing far enough they could easily outnumber Steam in number of users. Steam is for nerds like us, Origin will wind up being for the general consumer and at that point theyre definitely gonna be dominating...

Sulfate · October 23, 2011, 01:25:28 AM

nobody is gonna say "wow I dunno what that is, I'll WireDoo it!"

gay

Colten · October 23, 2011, 01:26:49 AM

Youre doing it wrong! Youll say youll Doo it duh

"Hey whats that movie with jessica alba... Hey bro can you Doo jessica alba for me? thanks!"

Night Fox · October 23, 2011, 01:28:58 AM

someone would eventually say "I'll gladly do Jessica Alba for you!"
I don't think I would though, honestly

Max4344 · October 23, 2011, 01:31:53 AM

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I see he has a crack web team.

1. no HTML5
2. no validation message on the sign up form
3. No validation for email address
4. using Tables for layout instead of DIVs
5. Style sheet looks like a kid wrote it
6. No CSS minification
7. Using very old jquery (1.4.2..latest is 1.6.4)
8. Lots of inline styles instead of separate CSS file

And that is just the 50 lines of code in the main page. Good luck with taking on Google, Hammer.

Found this on a blog lol.

Nickelob Ultra · October 23, 2011, 02:04:59 AM

Quote from: Colten on October 23, 2011, 01:18:46 AM

Bad brown townogy, the average person knows about Google and uses it day to day. The average person however, does not know what Steam is or has every heard of Valve. Many have heard of EA though due to its many popular titles and the whole EA Sports franchise. So if EA pushes this Origin thing far enough they could easily outnumber Steam in number of users. Steam is for nerds like us, Origin will wind up being for the general consumer and at that point theyre definitely gonna be dominating...

The generic gamer is more console though...

Night Fox · October 23, 2011, 02:14:09 AM

oh god the transparency on that logo

Colten · October 23, 2011, 02:15:43 AM

Quote from: Nickelob Ultra on October 23, 2011, 02:04:59 AM

The generic gamer is more console though...

yes and if EA started advertising their origin on the PC and OH THESE GAMES theyd easily move lol

people are just sheep waiting to be told where to go :(

Jairo · October 23, 2011, 02:16:32 AM

trying to fight google is like trying to avoid death
or trying to argue with a microsoft fanboy about nintendo