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One week without search - Wrap Up

by rumblepup on May 1, 2008

It’s been a very interesting ride, doing this whole week without using any search engines of any kind. Many people took bets too see how long I would last. Mike McDonald said three, David Brown said 2, Carolyn Shelby wished me good luck, and Brian Mark didn’t think I’d miss it.
Well, I [...]

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One Week Without Search - Day 3

by rumblepup on April 24, 2008

Ouch. I mean…ouch. Yes, NOT searching is definitely hurting. I shit you not, I actually got a pretty major headache yesterday, and I think I can attribute some of it to the stress of not using search.
My wife asked me to try to find a comforter online, while she attended our new [...]

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One Week Without Search - Day 2

by rumblepup on April 23, 2008

Oh dear readers, I have to tell you that I’m hurtin’. Being my second day without search, the withdrawal I’m feeling is very much like what happened to me when I tried to back off of caffeine. I’m just jittery. I can admit that I have gone to the Google homepage and [...]

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One Week Without Search - Day 1

by rumblepup on April 22, 2008

I’m sure all three of my loyal readers are eager to find out how my day went yesterday. Well, I’m eager to tell you that it went…mezzo, mezzo.
I didn’t have to do a lot of search, up until I had to check SERP’s. You see, that’s my job, getting SERP’s. I started [...]

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One Week Without Search

by rumblepup on April 21, 2008

In my last post, Search Engines Are Dead, I told you guys how flustered I was with the idea that someone thinks that search engines are a thing of the past.  Well, “social” is very much alive, but a complete replacement for search?  I just don’t think so.
Search is part of our collective sub-conscious.  In [...]

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