What do you do when Google fails?

Hey its me. I was wondering what you guys do when google fails (its not perfect) and you can't find what your looking for on the net? Other than asking on a forum.

P.S. I thought this might give some people a laugh. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=What+do+you+do+when+google+fails%3F

You use better search keys. What are you looking for?

crono and i did an unofficial experiment, and i came to the conclusion that all google searches are not created equal.

if we both searched for the exact same thing. we both came up with different results.

google, must use regional area searches or some such.

/me shuts up now.

Make sure everything is spelled right :wink:

Strange as it might seem, there are some things that gasp cannot be found on the net.

I'm not particuraly looking for anything I was just wondering what it is you guys do when you can't find what your looking for.

Hey Orph, I did the same thing with a friend of mine and there does seem to be something regional related with google's search engine. I've tried other search engines just to experiment with and so far Google seems to be the best. Also I noticed that changing a few words or spellings when doing a search doesn't make much of a change.

P.S. sorry about my bad grammar.

crono and i did an unofficial experiment, and i came to the conclusion that all google searches are not created equal.
if we both searched for the exact same thing. we both came up with different results.
google, must use regional area searches or some such.
/me shuts up now.

Right after we stopped talking that day, my search looked like yours. I couldn't get my results back.

If google fails you go kill yourself. Then go to the library.

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Right after we stopped talking that day, my search looked like yours. I couldn't get my results back. </DIV></DIV>
strange stuff indeed. perhaps they rotate servers to cut down on the load?

I change the search phrase, usually by adding words that I think will be used in the context of my search and using the - operator to exclude words (rough example, if I was searching for a Half-Life 2 compile error but wasn't interested in HL1 results, I'd add "vbsp" to my search, and think about using "-hlbsp"). You have to think about avoiding the potholes of false results and direct the stupid search engine down the route you want it to go.

Of course, the problem is with the English language and its non-standardisation, and I'm sure the next evolution in worldwide-used language will be some technology/heavily-information-friendly form :smile:

www.google.com/ncr

There! No more damn regional differences!

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<DIV class=quotetext>www.google.com/ncr

There! No more damn regional differences! </DIV></DIV>
what exactly is "NCR"?

Use another one.