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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion - Latest Comments in Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.disqus.com/</link><description>Internet Marketing, Lead Acquisition, Online Business Strategy and Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude</description><atom:link href="https://andybeard.disqus.com/google_craps_vs_stumbleupon_8211_personalized_recommendations_63/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:36:06 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989317</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this article. That do mean StumbleUpon is sending better pages to you compare to Google dice.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Binh Nguyen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:36:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523902</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this article. That do mean StumbleUpon is sending better pages to you compare to Google dice.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Binh Nguyen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:36:06 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523901</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I am glad to see one are where Google isn't the winner. They'd have to come up with a much more superior product to StumbleUpon before I would make the move over.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Matt Keegan</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 17:04:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989316</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I am glad to see one are where Google isn't the winner. They'd have to come up with a much more superior product to StumbleUpon before I would make the move over.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Matt Keegan</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 17:04:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989315</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I was going to give it a try, but for some reasons I couldn't find it on my toolbar :(&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Andy</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:37:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523900</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I was going to give it a try, but for some reasons I couldn't find it on my toolbar :(&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Andy</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:37:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523899</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Your example was great.  It drove home the point about google sucking up by recommending tlds.  This is sort of the MS approach... release a crappy product and hope to win due to market penetration &amp;amp; try to improve it over time. I can't remember who (aaron wall maybe) posted a couple weeks ago how google released this as soon as they decided not to buy stumble upon.  Maybe coincidental but odd.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Kentucky Greg</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 10:18:04 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989314</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Your example was great.  It drove home the point about google sucking up by recommending tlds.  This is sort of the MS approach... release a crappy product and hope to win due to market penetration &amp;amp; try to improve it over time. I can't remember who (aaron wall maybe) posted a couple weeks ago how google released this as soon as they decided not to buy stumble upon.  Maybe coincidental but odd.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Kentucky Greg</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 10:18:04 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523898</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I guess google isn't the "all seeing eye" as I have sometimes thought. Very cool information you've provided here, as usual.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 09:29:59 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989313</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I guess google isn't the "all seeing eye" as I have sometimes thought. Very cool information you've provided here, as usual.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Mark</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 09:29:59 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523897</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for actually taking the tme to include the results so we could compare. Stumble results look much better. I had actually visited most of the pages on the Google "Craps" results also. Great article. I'm glad I did not download it yet.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Benjamin</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 23:05:42 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989312</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for actually taking the tme to include the results so we could compare. Stumble results look much better. I had actually visited most of the pages on the Google "Craps" results also. Great article. I'm glad I did not download it yet.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Benjamin</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 23:05:42 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523896</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Google craps is pretty new and possibly just a stab at eBay for outbidding them on stumble.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The power of Stumble is the community. I think that the community here is actually better than the algorithms for finding 'new' content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I havent tried the new Google Craps but will do so soon. Thanks for reminding me.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Hornswaggled</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 21:10:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989311</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Google craps is pretty new and possibly just a stab at eBay for outbidding them on stumble.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The power of Stumble is the community. I think that the community here is actually better than the algorithms for finding 'new' content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I havent tried the new Google Craps but will do so soon. Thanks for reminding me.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Hornswaggled</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 21:10:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523895</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Learn something new every time I read something from you Andy. Thankx. Cool article!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Steli Efti</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 17:14:20 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989310</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Learn something new every time I read something from you Andy. Thankx. Cool article!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Steli Efti</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 17:14:20 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523894</link><description>&lt;p&gt;This is an excellent article Andy. Thanks for the info.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Armen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 16:27:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989309</link><description>&lt;p&gt;This is an excellent article Andy. Thanks for the info.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Armen</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 16:27:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523893</link><description>&lt;p&gt;If you have a toolbar, you might as well upgrade to a newer one. Certainly the beta version for Firefox I find usefu, and I typically upgrade toolbars as soone as they are available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whilst I may be critical of this feature, I don't mind the data collection side, because I understand it help make my search results and advertising I see more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That helps make my user experience on the web better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google crps on the other hand doesn't improve my user experience, because it seems to be "group profiled" rather than personal profiled.&lt;br&gt;I have been placed in an "SEO group" and it seem SEOs are meant to spend all their time checking future pagerank.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since switching on personalization, I have visited some of the sites above, thus it certainly shouldn't be offered to me as part of a lucky dip unles it was to specific new content.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">AndyBeard</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 01:47:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989308</link><description>&lt;p&gt;If you have a toolbar, you might as well upgrade to a newer one. Certainly the beta version for Firefox I find usefu, and I typically upgrade toolbars as soone as they are available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whilst I may be critical of this feature, I don't mind the data collection side, because I understand it help make my search results and advertising I see more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That helps make my user experience on the web better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google crps on the other hand doesn't improve my user experience, because it seems to be "group profiled" rather than personal profiled.&lt;br&gt;I have been placed in an "SEO group" and it seem SEOs are meant to spend all their time checking future pagerank.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since switching on personalization, I have visited some of the sites above, thus it certainly shouldn't be offered to me as part of a lucky dip unles it was to specific new content.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">AndyBeard</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 01:47:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989307</link><description>&lt;p&gt;i keep getting emails from goole about theit craps and they want me to upgrade my toolbar to get it on there.  im glad to know it sucks before i downloaded it.  thanks&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">cameron</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 21:51:10 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523892</link><description>&lt;p&gt;i keep getting emails from goole about theit craps and they want me to upgrade my toolbar to get it on there.  im glad to know it sucks before i downloaded it.  thanks&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">cameron</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 21:51:10 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-10989306</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I was so excited to hear about the Google Personalized Recommendations until I read this, thanks for the info!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MN Web Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 01:17:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Google Crap(s) vs StumbleUpon &amp;#8211; Personalized Recommendations</title><link>http://andybeard.eu/716/google-craps-stumbleupon.html#comment-12523891</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I was so excited to hear about the Google Personalized Recommendations until I read this, thanks for the info!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MN Web Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 01:17:26 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>