http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2007/06/reverse-googling-alarna-finucan/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2007/06/reverse-googling-alarna-finucan/#comment-44 alex Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:27:42 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/2007/06/reverse-googling-alarna-finucan/#comment-44 googling for people is a bit limited in the web 2.0 world. why is this i hear you ask? surely google knows Everything! well, the nice people at facebook, myspace, and all those 'social' sites specifically block google (and other search engines) from indexing their sites. so goog' won't return results for peoples' pages on those social networking sites. you know, it helps facebook marketing if you can't know who is in there unless you join. annoying huh? googling for people is a bit limited in the web 2.0 world.
why is this i hear you ask? surely google knows Everything!
well, the nice people at facebook, myspace, and all those ‘social’ sites specifically block google (and other search engines) from indexing their sites.
so goog’ won’t return results for peoples’ pages on those social networking sites. you know, it helps facebook marketing if you can’t know who is in there unless you join.
annoying huh?

]]> http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2007/06/reverse-googling-alarna-finucan/#comment-43 Kristian Tapaninaho Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:40:37 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/2007/06/reverse-googling-alarna-finucan/#comment-43 Half success; if you now go and google her (if you're lazy, you can just click <a HREF="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=alarna%20finucan" rel="nofollow">here</A>), this post will be the top hit. Now - as you say when hunting - you just sit here and wait. Half success; if you now go and google her (if you’re lazy, you can just click here), this post will be the top hit. Now – as you say when hunting – you just sit here and wait.

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