http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2005/09/29/a9com-my-favorite-search-engine/ Droplets of Yes and No Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2005/09/29/a9com-my-favorite-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Possibility And Probability » Amazon, the Mechanical Turk, and the future Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:27:58 +0000 http://www.ironboundsoftware.com/blog/?p=140#comment-452 [...] I’ve ranted about A9 before, I use their associates program, hell, I even use their Tip Jar system. Suffice it to say I think Amazon is pretty cool. Now they have introduced this Mechanical Turk website. [...] [...] I’ve ranted about A9 before, I use their associates program, hell, I even use their Tip Jar system. Suffice it to say I think Amazon is pretty cool. Now they have introduced this Mechanical Turk website. [...]

]]> http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2005/09/29/a9com-my-favorite-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Nick Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:13:57 +0000 http://www.ironboundsoftware.com/blog/?p=140#comment-451 I've noticed some times it is slower than normal (whereas Google always seems to be fast), but that hasn't really bothered me too much. I was thinking about it the other day and I think the reason I really like using it is to see what pictures it thinks matches my query. Sometimes (usually while looking for something python related) it will pull up a pretty wacky set of pictures. I’ve noticed some times it is slower than normal (whereas Google always seems to be fast), but that hasn’t really bothered me too much. I was thinking about it the other day and I think the reason I really like using it is to see what pictures it thinks matches my query. Sometimes (usually while looking for something python related) it will pull up a pretty wacky set of pictures.

]]> http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2005/09/29/a9com-my-favorite-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Sage Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:12:51 +0000 http://www.ironboundsoftware.com/blog/?p=140#comment-450 I like A9 too (that's how I got here), but I find that it is never fast. That's really the main reason why I only use it occasionally to keep my Amazon discount. I like A9 too (that’s how I got here), but I find that it is never fast. That’s really the main reason why I only use it occasionally to keep my Amazon discount.

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