Monthly Archives: September 2005

List Of Domain Names Owned By Google

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SearchEngineWatch has put together a rather nice list of domain names owned by Google. Looking through the list, you’ll see that several of the domains are actually being “held” by a Boise, Idaho company called Data Docket, Inc.

Who exactly is Data Docket? According to SEW and WPN, Data Docket is a company that “holds” domain names. For example, if Google were to register a domain name “OperaGoogleMerger.com” then there might be a good amount of speculation. However, if company xyz were to register the same domain name it probably wouldn’t be given much notice.

According to the SEW post, Google Earth was originally registered to Data Docket, and then transferred over to Google before the launch. With some of the names currently held by Data Docket, we could be in for some big projects from Google in the future.

Here’s a list of some of the names:

  • Gcalendar.com / Googlecalendar.net – Could this be an online calendar application? Interfaced with GMail?
  • Gdrive.com – There is a lot of speculation that this will be an online storage system.
  • Googlebox.com – Box could mean a lot of things. A TV, a computer, or perhaps a DVR. Hell, it could just be a cardboard box with Google on the side of it. :P
  • Googletv.com – This implies that Google will be creating their own TV station. Though, could it be a possible sign of AdSense moving to the TV? Google also owns the name googlehidef.com and is looking to hire a GoogleTV product manager.

I guess the only thing we can do is wait and see.

Hello Diggers

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Well, it looks like I made it to the digg front page. So, welcome to my own personal little place all of you diggers. :P

Yup, the story I submitted over a day ago to digg ended up on the front page… Guess that makes me special, or something. Not really. ;)

I did want to respond on one particular comment left by “inert_gas”. I’m pretty sure the article I liked to (on my site) is the one I intended to link to. Thank you for your concern, but I’ve got it covered. ;)

Common now, what would be the point of writing an article if it didn’t get read (or even linked to)? o.O Sure, I could have linked back to the Opera site which just said “2.4 Million downloads and counting…”, or to Opera Watch, or I could like to my article, which has a bit more information, news, and related items. Maybe I’m a bit bias, but I like my site.

But thank you all for coming. Fellow Opera fans, Firefox fans, and even IE users. Feel free to hang around all ya want. I don’t mind. :P

Oh, and one last thing. People left some pretty entertaining comments on that digg, which makes for an amusing read if you have some time.

Happy Birthday Google

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Google is celebrating its 7th birthday today. As part of the birthday, they’ve increased their index again, and Google now claims to be “3 times larger than any other search engine.”

Though, Google does go on to point out that “different companies measure index size differently” and that “published metrics for index size measurement vary greatly and are no longer easily comparable”. So basically what they are saying is, we’re three times bigger than anyone else, but we really cannot compare the numbers.

Last time I heard, Yahoo was in the lead with more than 20 billion items indexed. Far more than Google at the time. So, does Google’s statement today mean they have 60 billion items indexed?

I’ll search for d3bruts1d and see what comes out of Google and the others…

Google: 37,200
Yahoo: 35,600
Ask: 10,800

MSN and AOL Search (powered by Google) did not display the number of results, so I wasn’t able to provide those numbers. If Google can provide 1600 more results for something as obscure as “d3bruts1d”, then I’m pretty sure they’ll come up with good results for a more meaningful search. But what do I know? I’ll try again, this time searching for “Internet Explorer Security Flaw”.

Google: 2,050
Yahoo: 290
Ask: 201

Google again has more results. But the real question isn’t who has more results, but who has the most relevant result or the result you are looking for. That’d take far more digging than I currently feel like doing. ;)

And don’t get me wrong. With the two searches I used, Google had more results. That isn’t always the case. This is one of those times where quality over quantity is more important. Quantity plus quality, well that is even frakking better. ;)

Coming Soon — Part I

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I wanted to take a moment to clarify some stuff that is going on, and let everyone know what to expect here soon.

Though I haven’t said anything publicly about it yet, I have decided to step down from my position at Overclockers Club. Last week, I posted an announcement to the staff of OCC in which I stated that I had taken on another project; A project which I considered to be a “conflict of interest.” Thus, I didn’t think it wouldn’t be fair to Matt, the staff, or the rest of the OCC community for me to work on that project while still being a staff member at OCC.

Some clever members have managed to spot some of the clues I’ve been leaving around OCC. First came my announcement that the other staff members would be taking on the weekly OCC polls which I have been running for the past year. Then there were the changes to my OCC profile, which included removing OCC links from my signature, and adding “Group: Members” as my avatar text. Me de-opping myself in the OCC IRC channel was another pretty clear sign. The last clue I left was when I asked about using tables or divs for layout on a new site I was working on.

So, what site am I working on? Well, I’m not ready to announce it just yet. Maybe in a few more weeks. It’s not a complete secret though, there are a few people who know about this little project. You-know-who happens to be one of them. :P

I will say that it will be a “tech related” website, and it is not going to be called d3bruts1d.com (or d3bruts1d dot anything). This site will continue to be my own personal place to ramble on about whatever, whereas the new site will be a more professional place. I’ll post some more details at a later date.