Ryan Sholin » search http://ryansholin.com The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) http://www.ryansholin.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com 144 144 Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Ryan Sholin Ryan Sholin ryansholin@gmail.com no no Not that every salesman in a flea market is sleazy, but… http://ryansholin.com/2011/01/06/not-that-every-salesman-in-a-flea-market-is-sleazy-but%e2%80%a6/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/01/06/not-that-every-salesman-in-a-flea-market-is-sleazy-but%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:42:44 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=2395 This is why we use Twitter and Facebook and even Hunch and Quora to ask questions, search for products, and figure out how to replace dimmer switches.

Searching Google is now like asking a question in a crowded flea market of hungry, desperate, sleazy salesmen who all claim to have the answer to every question you ask.

via Marco.org – Google’s decreasingly useful, spam-filled web search.

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