Snowpeople

[Benjamin Barrett]

Googling on

("snow people" OR "snowperson")

with the dates set between 1800 and 1900 yields no hits on Google in general, but 339 hits in GB.

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On Jan 18, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> That's actually not true, unless Google changed it with their latest
> "update". The problem is that for frequently used words or those that
> are topheavy on recent hits will have GB hits buried deep in the pile.
> On the other hand, many words that went out of circulation or are
> associated with particular works often bring up one or several GB hits
> on the first page of matches. News are handled a bit differently, as
> clusters of news links usually show up on the first page, often among
> the top three--or not at all. Other Google products are not so lucky.
> Non-Google blogs show up in regular search items, but Google blogs have
> their own category. Images rarely, if ever, show up near the top--or at
> all, but Google and YouTube videos do appear, although the list is
> usually not as extensive as when you do a direct video search. I have
> not played with Google Scholar and other items enough to determine these
> outcomes--or did play with them, but many iterations of Google ago. Also
> note Google's peculiar form of SOPA protest--not in the same league as
> Reddit and Wiki, but noticeable if you do a search from the Google home
> page. (When you look at the results page, it's too small to be noticeable.)
>
>     VS-)
>
> On 1/18/2012 3:24 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> I have a tendency to forget that Googling in general does not include Google Books.

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