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>[ ] The name of your language makes it impossible to find on Google Unless you work for Google, in which case your language's name (maybe shared with a common

by zeteo 13y ago

>[ ] The name of your language makes it impossible to find on Google Unless you work for Google, in which case your language's name (maybe shared with a common verb or a popular board game) will quickly become the top search result!

kristopolous 13y ago
The "Dallas Area Rapid Transport" is the only counter-example I could find.
- toggle 13y ago
  He was talking about Go, not Dart. (Sorry if you were joking and my sarcas-o-meter is off.)
  - mVChr 13y ago
    True, but Dart almost fits as well. Verb: move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly. Game: darts.
djur 13y ago
For me, in an incognito window (so Google is less likely to tweak search results for my preferences), the Wikipedia page for the game Go is the first result, and five out of the top 10 are also about the game. The other results are Disney's "go.com" domain, golang.org, and the movie Go on IMDB. Doesn't really suggest unfair weighting to me.
- GuiA 13y ago
  This is what I see in an incognito window: http://i.imgur.com/BI4zvXB.png http://i.imgur.com/BI4zvXB.png
  - alecdbrooks 13y ago
    Given that incognito doesn't obscure your IP address (not to mention the myriad other ways your identity could be leaked to Google), I wonder if incognito's enough to get a "clean" page of Google results. On this search, I get different results from you but ones similar to djur: http://imgur.com/7KTqZFV http://imgur.com/7KTqZFV (on Firefox in private mode: http://imgur.com/Jn400wX http://imgur.com/Jn400wX). For reference, I probably would only visit a page on Go if it were linked to on a blog; I don't use it or (normally) search for it.
CodeWithCoffee 13y ago
If I search for 'go' then I'll get http://golang.org http://golang.org as the second result after the Wikipedia article for the game, however I find that if I'm searching for almost anything to do with Go I'll have to type 'golang' instead, because otherwise Google seems to interpret it as a verb.

by zeteo 13y ago

kristopolous 13y ago

The "Dallas Area Rapid Transport" is the only counter-example I could find.

toggle 13y ago
He was talking about Go, not Dart. (Sorry if you were joking and my sarcas-o-meter is off.)
- mVChr 13y ago
  True, but Dart almost fits as well. Verb: move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly. Game: darts.

djur 13y ago

For me, in an incognito window (so Google is less likely to tweak search results for my preferences), the Wikipedia page for the game Go is the first result, and five out of the top 10 are also about the game. The other results are Disney's "go.com" domain, golang.org, and the movie Go on IMDB. Doesn't really suggest unfair weighting to me.

GuiA 13y ago
This is what I see in an incognito window: http://i.imgur.com/BI4zvXB.png http://i.imgur.com/BI4zvXB.png
- alecdbrooks 13y ago
  Given that incognito doesn't obscure your IP address (not to mention the myriad other ways your identity could be leaked to Google), I wonder if incognito's enough to get a "clean" page of Google results. On this search, I get different results from you but ones similar to djur: http://imgur.com/7KTqZFV http://imgur.com/7KTqZFV (on Firefox in private mode: http://imgur.com/Jn400wX http://imgur.com/Jn400wX). For reference, I probably would only visit a page on Go if it were linked to on a blog; I don't use it or (normally) search for it.

CodeWithCoffee 13y ago

If I search for 'go' then I'll get http://golang.org http://golang.org as the second result after the Wikipedia article for the game, however I find that if I'm searching for almost anything to do with Go I'll have to type 'golang' instead, because otherwise Google seems to interpret it as a verb.