Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Gonzo Computer Dork - Rollyo.com...An Untainted Search Engine

Google.
Google, Google, Google.
Everyone and their mother, searches through Google.

Google is way cool, with Wave coming out, Google Squared, Google Analytics, AdWords, AdSense, Gmail, etc...

But, for those of you out there that are really down with the search, and want more accurate results without the Google ads plastered in your face, check out Rollyo.

When you search Google, it looks all over the web for pages and posts that contain the key words you searched for. The amount of times your search words appear on the website, the higher the website will appear in the Google search results.

Don't think for a second that companies don't know this. They do. They want to be at the top of the Google search results for given keywords. Needless to say an industry has blossomed out of making sure your company is at the top of the Google search results when someone searches for something relating to your company. This is called SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, and it has tainted our online searches.

Rollyo allows users to choose the sites that are searched, thus eliminating most of the garbage that appears in Google searches that you have to wade through. Give you an example: I want to search for mountain biking trails in Wisconsin. I know that the local mountain biking site for Wisconsin is WORBA, and I am also familiar with a site called MTBR.com. So, instead of Googling "Wisconsin mountain biking trails," and wading through all of the optimized B.S. Google puts out, I go to Rollyo.com and set up a search of WI mountain biking trails through the WORBA and MTBR sites exclusively. My results are far cleaner than what Google provides. I save this as a "Mountian Biking" search or Searchscroll as Rollyo calls it, and now anytime I have a search related specifically to mountain biking I go to Rollyo and use my pre-established Searchscroll to search for mountain biking related material.

Cleaner more efficient searches, given you already have some idea as to the sites where the info will be found.

It is easy-peasy, and we thought you might dig on this little digital tidbit.
Give Rollyo a shot for your next search.

Plug In - Participate - Go Gonzo

Gomez Gonzo
Gonzo Editor-at-Large
gomez@gonzoguidegreenbay.com

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