Google with out google

[MJMNetwork]

Hey there was a site i use to know of but forgot.

It would search Google but not look anything like it.

This way if you are searching in front of a customer they will not think you are just using Google.


You know how customers can get says something like hey why am i paying you to Google something etc.


Does anyone know what site it is that you can search google with out it showing or looking like Google ?

 

[tempusfugit]

Goosh.org

Filllllllllllller

 

[Vicenarian]

Goosh.org

Filllllllllllller

This is GENIUS! Now I don't have to look like a n00b while Googling random error codes. w00t!

My new homepage: goosh

 

[Xander]

I've never had much of an issue googling in front of a customer. If I'm working on a specific crash of their software or "0x800700CF", I look it up. When I'm on google, I am looking for specific pages -- they can't keep up with me skimming and are not so naive to think that I should know every possible error message that might come up.

A couple of weeks ago, the fellow's scanner software was crashing. I opened up Google and, on the first page, had 6 more tabs opening in a few seconds. The third tab took ~30 seconds to get to and I had my answer start-to-finish in about a minute. (It involved deleting a Web Folders shortcut deep in Docs&Settings). He watched and just shook his head the whole time. He'd been googling for hours.

Be not ashamed of your Google Fu. Whip it out for them to bow down to!

 

[ZenTree]

Whip it out for them to bow down to!

To anyone who is skimming this thread, PLEASE OH MOTHER OF GOD read the rest of this post. Because not only will it save you a lawsuit and possible prison sentence for the above, but it also makes perfect sense. I don't see the need to hide the fact you need to google something once in a while. Especially for something like an error code.

 

[Martyn]

Ipad.......................................

 

[Cambridge PC Support]

I've never had much of an issue googling in front of a customer.

Same here, always looks impressive when you type in a few choice keywords and fly up and down the results to pick out a site where the solution is probably sitting.

It's not what you know, it's knowing where to look.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Be not ashamed of your Google Fu. Whip it out for them to bow down to!

Same here, always looks impressive when you type in a few choice keywords and fly up and down the results to pick out a site where the solution is probably sitting.

It's not what you know, it's knowing where to look.

Bingo! If everything needed to fix <the issue> were as easy as simply using Google..the client should have done it. But they pay me to come address the problem..and that includes researching it, finding the answer, and being able to apply the fix.

 

[Rosco]

Be not ashamed of your Google Fu. Whip it out for them to bow down to!

agreed its not what you know its how you can find the answer!

 

[FoolishTech]

To the OP, what is the difference, if they see you SEARCH on Google or Goosh or whatever? They are still watching you search the internet for an answer you don't already have yourself...

Be not ashamed of your Google Fu. Whip it out for them to bow down to!

Agreed! I actually list my Google Fu on my resume! Really impressed my last interviewer (though admittedly I didn't get the position...)

EDIT to include an additional thought... Why not setup Google or Goosh or whatever search on your own company website, give it a sub like SEARCH.mysite.com - dress the page with your logos and other business info - set the search to show results in a frame on that page instead of opening a new window or redirecting to google.com... then you could claim to the customer that you are googling your own internal database of problems/solutions. (being that google is merely the search technology you've chosen to use to search your own database..) I'm sure you could fool most people with that if you really wanted to unless your Google Fu is weak and they have time to notice all the external websites you're clicking on, of course. Nope, on second thought, nevermind.

 

[mraikes]

For anyone wanting to challenge and hone their "Google Fu" (love that phrase), check out Daniel Russell's blog:

http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/

He works for Google and issues a weekly search challenge on his personal blog. He eventually posts the answer and walks through the search techniques he used to find it. Interesting & educational.

Lifehacker also recently mentioned his blog.

 

[Joseph_]

agreed its not what you know its how you can find the answer!

google

 

[Hayes]

EDIT to include an additional thought... Why not setup Google or Goosh or whatever search on your own company website, give it a sub like SEARCH.mysite.com - dress the page with your logos and other business info - set the search to show results in a frame on that page instead of opening a new window or redirecting to google.com... then you could claim to the customer that you are googling your own internal database of problems/solutions. (being that google is merely the search technology you've chosen to use to search your own database..) I'm sure you could fool most people with that if you really wanted to unless your Google Fu is weak and they have time to notice all the external websites you're clicking on, of course. Nope, on second thought, nevermind.

Fantastic idea! Did just that....

 

[Rosco]

To anyone who is skimming this thread, PLEASE OH MOTHER OF GOD read the rest of this post. Because not only will it save you a lawsuit and possible prison sentence for the above, but it also makes perfect sense. I don't see the need to hide the fact you need to google something once in a while. Especially for something like an error code.

exactly if i don't know something i look it up. would the customer rather i just guess and mess it up? If i don't know something i know where to look. i am amazed at how people search google for hours but i can find it in 2 minutes. They are paying for me to fix it because they cant. so what if i have to look it up the job still gets done in a timely manner.

 

[Martyn]

I won't say it again IPad just walk away and Google all you like.