Comment Re:lets think of it neutrally (Score 1) 507
If we think of the SiteFinder plan neutrally, granted, Verisign is offending most internet users and probably scerwing up the internet. But we should also think in terms of the average internet user - which is Joe Click-a-mouse.
These two things are probably more closely related than you think, in that when things go technically wrong, the people who get the most upset are the "Joe Click-a-mouse"s, who only know that they're getting more of those viagra e-mails now than they used to without any real idea why.
The internet is not all about linux, unix, code etc. It is also about usability. And if we think in this fashion it appears plausible that, *i might be wrong*, sitefinder might help people find the site they want?
tell me, how else would they find what they want if they dont have a complete URL? Suppose you had a wrong URL or did not remember the right URL? How would you find out the right one? Its impossible without sitefinder.
As others have pointed out, there are plenty of good search engines out there. Users have a great deal of choice in that area, they can pick Google, Altavista, Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, etc. In the case of Verisign, however, they get what Verisign tells them they want, because Verisign is the one with the root servers. Not cool.
And again, a lot of the problems that people had with site-finder is the side-effects, such as the breaking of several spam-filtering tools, which trickles down to your buddy Joe, and the only difference between him and us is that we know why.
These two things are probably more closely related than you think, in that when things go technically wrong, the people who get the most upset are the "Joe Click-a-mouse"s, who only know that they're getting more of those viagra e-mails now than they used to without any real idea why.
The internet is not all about linux, unix, code etc. It is also about usability. And if we think in this fashion it appears plausible that, *i might be wrong*, sitefinder might help people find the site they want?
tell me, how else would they find what they want if they dont have a complete URL? Suppose you had a wrong URL or did not remember the right URL? How would you find out the right one? Its impossible without sitefinder.
As others have pointed out, there are plenty of good search engines out there. Users have a great deal of choice in that area, they can pick Google, Altavista, Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, etc. In the case of Verisign, however, they get what Verisign tells them they want, because Verisign is the one with the root servers. Not cool.
And again, a lot of the problems that people had with site-finder is the side-effects, such as the breaking of several spam-filtering tools, which trickles down to your buddy Joe, and the only difference between him and us is that we know why.
