Comments on: Searching For A Clue? http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/06/17/searching-for-a-clue/ Search Engines, Domains, Statistics and Analysis Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: junior http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/06/17/searching-for-a-clue/#comment-179 Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:41:03 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/06/17/searching-for-a-clue/#comment-179 Seems about as well designed and laid out as something hauled back from geocities in the early 90's Seems about as well designed and laid out as something hauled back from geocities in the early 90’s

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/06/17/searching-for-a-clue/#comment-178 Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:19:40 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2005/06/17/searching-for-a-clue/#comment-178 Could be just the weather. Though if it is a MySQL backend, it could be a case of poorly chosen indices (a very common problem with databases). Writing the code for a search engine is a very difficult task. Though from looking at the results, it looked like a PHP script with a MySQL database or a flatfile database. The whole Pay Per Click and advertising on search engine results spiel is nothing new. From what I remember of the site, the advertisers on the site seemed to be webdev clients rather than real advertisers. Could be just the weather. Though if it is a MySQL backend, it could be a case of poorly chosen indices (a very common problem with databases). Writing the code for a search engine is a very difficult task. Though from looking at the results, it looked like a PHP script with a MySQL database or a flatfile database.

The whole Pay Per Click and advertising on search engine results spiel is nothing new. From what I remember of the site, the advertisers on the site seemed to be webdev clients rather than real advertisers.

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