Doesn't connical and google have some agreement or certain projects? <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Robert Holtzman <<a href="mailto:holtzm@cox.net">holtzm@cox.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:16:08AM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > > --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:05 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman > <<a href="mailto:holtzm@cox.net">holtzm@cox.net</a>> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:34:25PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > >> > >> > >> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:33 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman > >> <<a href="mailto:holtzm@cox.net">holtzm@cox.net</a>> wrote: > >> > >> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:21:51PM -0400, Simon Ponder wrote: > >> >> What other engine do you use, if you do not mind me asking? > >> > > >> > ..........snip.......... > >> > > >> > Icerocket, although it's been getting flaky on me as of late. > >> > >> Uhm, news flash. Icerocket's web search IS GOOGLE. I think it's blog > >> search is also google based, I'd have to dig, but, looks a bit like the > >> Google news or groups search. > > > > I did a little digging. Running a search on "icerocket + google" turned > > up several sites that contrasted icerocket and google. If there was > > anything linking the two, I missed it. Can you supply a URL for your > > conclusion? > > > > The fact that their web search result pages are nearly identical to > Google's (minus the upper header actually), and results are identical to > Google. Just do some comparison searches. They find the same numbers of > pages, rank them the same, and are using the same extracts/excerpts. </div>You could be right but in the absence of documentation what you say is conjecture (although logical) and I remain skeptical. I'll still stand by my original statement. ...........snip........... <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer" </div></div> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkyNP5oACgkQv5BYD41UknmMmACfRG0gmxJQzLkhGq5MoGIDeZGe yJsAoMxkAGV3gGKnwXFIC2JDayqDmWWe =AagZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div>