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Thread Author: Mapmaker	Replies: 22

New Sun 30 Oct 11 11:41

I have abandoned Google for searching - Mapmaker

Well I have. It's Bing for me now, even if it's not as "good". Bing maps give you OS maps, Google don't.

The instant results preview feature of google drives me crazy. It's SO slow I can feel my blood pressure rising as I wait sometimes as much as a minute before the screen unfreezes, never less than 10 seconds.

And then there's the unbelievable frustration of the preview when it brings up the site you want... only to snatch it away as it decides that you didn't want it after all.

Last edited by: VxFan on Sun 30 Oct 11 at 13:30

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 11:47

I have abaondoned google for searching - devonite

>>even if it's not as "good"<<

Use "Google" for your searches - as its better! but why not just "bookmark" Bing Maps so that you can instantly get them up when you want them? - Simples! ;-)

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 12:00

I have abaondoned google for searching - Iffy

Seems easier to get UK-only results on Bing.

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 12:13

I have abaondoned google for searching - Dog

I've been Binging for over a year now, hardly ever use Google at all at all.

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 12:22

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

Tried both, found bing to be pretty lacking in most departments, so stick with google.

Dont have any of the problems reported by mappy.

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 13:11

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

Do you not have the preview function?

Imagine you are typing

white car large boot roofrack

At about the r of large, the hit you want comes up... but you are still typing so the hit you want has disappeared.

It also seems to switch to and fro from the google page. If you type into the googlebar you can never predict whether or not it's going to let you go back to the search or whether you have to start all over again.

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 13:20

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

>> Do you not have the preview function?
>>

yes

>> Imagine you are typing
>>
>> white car large boot roofrack

ok

>>
>> At about the r of large, the hit you want comes up

no it didnt - large american car dealerships came up

... but you are
>> still typing so the hit you want has disappeared.

yes I am still typing but the hit i DIDNT want has gone away*

>> It also seems to switch to and fro from the google page.

Mine doesent

>> If you type
>> into the googlebar you can never predict whether or not it's going to let you
>> go back to the search or whether you have to start all over again.

Its perfectly predictable and consistent here.

As I said I have NONE of the problems you have - yours may be a local issue.

* and as I type the rest of your phrase, the hits I do want are coming up, and I have ended up - quickly - with a page of pertinent hits.

Last edited by: Zero on Sun 30 Oct 11 at 13:22

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 14:16

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

So if a local issue, what's causing it?

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 14:36

I have abaondoned google for searching - Bromptonaut

You can turn off the 'autocomplete' facility from options (the cog wheel thingy next to 'sign in' top right of the page).

Bing Maps are much better though. At least twice postcode searches on Google Maps have placed major sites several streets from their trus locations. One was the HQ of a large Govt placed round the back of Whitehall instead of in Victoria Street. Not good; I was directing a disabled driver there. As I know the area the mistake was glaringly obvious but it also sent be two blocks off finding the SnoDome in MK.

Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Sun 30 Oct 11 at 14:39

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 16:17

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

Thanks, Brompton. Unfortunately it doesn't help.

The whole of Explorer just grinds to a halt with Google.

You made me think. With Firefox, however, it seems to work fine. Maybe I need to change default browser... or indeed maybe it's a clever way to make us use Chrome.

PS which large Govt is placed round the back of Whitehall? ;)

Last edited by: Mapmaker on Sun 30 Oct 11 at 16:21

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New Sun 30 Oct 11 17:45

I have abaondoned google for searching - Focusless

Mapmaker - are (or were) you using google.com rather than google.co.uk?

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New Tue 1 Nov 11 17:19

I have abaondoned google for searching - commerdriver

>> At least twice postcode searches on Google Maps have
>> placed major sites several streets from their true locations.
Nothing to do with google maps

For many organisations, including mine (large 3 letter IT company) the postcode of many of our locations is just that, the code where the post is collected, the actual location is often hundreds of yards or even a few miles away, postcodes only really work as navigation aids for individual addresses.

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 08:05

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

>> So if a local issue, what's causing it?

Your browser. What browser / version is it?

Sounds to me like a symptom from the rest of your computer being slow, you really need a reload.

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 09:25

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

IE 8.0.6001.18702IC

google.co.uk

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 09:28

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

and your operating system?

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 15:21

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

No idea... how do I find out?

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 16:47

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

what does the splash screen say when it boots up?

Xp? Vista? Windows 7?

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 18:40

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

If I press CTRL ALT DEL it says it is XP professional.

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New Mon 31 Oct 11 18:47

I have abaondoned google for searching - Zero

Figures, thats why you are running IE8, (9 is not supported on XP)

Anyway, IE8 is a huge pile of poo (I dumped it) and almost entirely responsible for your issues,.

It needs to be reinstalled.

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New Tue 1 Nov 11 14:52

I have abaondoned google for searching - FocalPoint

"IE8 is a huge pile of poo (I dumped it)..."

Er... this could have been phrased a bit better.

:-)

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New Tue 1 Nov 11 17:57

I have abaondoned google for searching - Mapmaker

Google bar removed. All running properly now... (though intriguingly there is another google search box in the toolbar which seems to work fine).

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New Thu 3 Nov 11 20:07

I have abaondoned google for searching - Roger.

Google is messing me about too.
Every time I try a search I get the results up for a second or two and then the page immediately reloads with Google's search page!
Now using Scroogle!

Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 3 Nov 11 at 21:08

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New Sat 5 Nov 11 09:47

I have abaondoned google for searching - Roger.

Found the problem - the add-on "Optimize Google" had thrown a wobbler when it was updated. Now patched by the add-on's creator and F.F. 7.0.1 is back to Google searching correctly.
BTW - I find Bing to be not to my taste.
Scroogle is good in many ways for ordinary searching as it "scrapes" Googles results and then removes all Google's tracking and adverts before presenting the search results. It's quick, too.
It can offer secure https searching, too and is able to be set to UK specific searching.

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