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#100478 - 04/10/03 11:52 PM Re: Joanna..
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11577 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	a woman after my own hearth. SIGH--some women have all the luck!
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#100479 - 04/11/03 09:44 AM Re: orange oil cleaners
of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park	--Musick, do you remember the orange oil based hand cleaner packets that that xerox had for its techs? Did your father use it? most cleaners work on the like disolves like for cleaning, so soaps (and detergents) are oilly products, that are used to dissolve other oils, and then wash away.. some oils are better than others.. olive is a very soft oil, and has been used for cleaning for eons, (and is still used in castile soap) orange oil is fragrent, and does a good job, and is just the latest rage. it is not as mild as one thinks, (it has a high acid content) and dries out your skin. _________________________ my other obsession
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#100480 - 04/13/03 11:28 PM Re: googlewashing
modestgoddess old hand Registered: 02/18/02 Posts: 833 Loc: Eastern Ontario, Canada	Just meandering back to the original post....I had thought Google listings were random, somehow - but I recently learned that different companies can pay (through the nose, mind you) to have their website appear as the first or one of the highest for certain key words or searches. How did I learn this? That is how the Kingston Economic Development Corporation, aka KEDCO, has decided, in its infinite wisdom , to advertise the City of Kingston. Part of the new ad campaign says, "From the sheets to the streets!" Does this sound just a little tacky and racy both, to anyone else?! I suppose it could have been worse, it could have been the other way around....
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#100481 - 04/14/03 12:30 AM Re: googlewashing
sjm old hand Registered: 07/19/02 Posts: 742 Loc: Akina	Just meandering back to the original post....I had thought Google listings were random, somehow - but I recently learned that different companies can pay (through the nose, mind you) to have their website appear as the first or one of the highest for certain key words or searches. How did I learn this? That is how the Kingston Economic Development Corporation, aka KEDCO, has decided, in its infinite wisdom , to advertise the City of Kingston. Part of the new ad campaign says, "From the sheets to the streets!" Does this sound just a little tacky and racy both, to anyone else?! I suppose it could have been worse, it could have been the other way around.... These paid links are not the same as googlewashing, and Google's jhandling of the paid links is eminently ethical and above-board. They do not show up unannounced at the top of a search. Instead, they are clearly boxed and listed as sponsored links. For an example of googlewashing in action ( a very different animal) see this link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30087.html
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#100482 - 04/14/03 02:30 AM Re: googlewashing
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	Well, I looked at the link, sjm. I'm not at all sure I understood it, though. It seems to be saying that for some reason Google takes more notice of (some?)blogs than it does of other sites, but doesn't actually explain why (or maybe it does -- some parts were just incomprehensible). I've seen blogs occasionally. They seem to be a sort of private AWAD. The owner gives his or her thought for the day and then other people discuss it in thread view. I don't see why they would get priority in Google searches though. Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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