Google Pages

[belvdr]

Anybody know about these? After installing Firefox, it defaults the homepage to:

http://www.google.com/firefox

So I tried others and found these:

http://www.google.com/microsoft
http://www.google.com/mac
http://www.google.com/linux

http://www.google.com/home redirects to http://www.google.com/univ/home, which is a university search. Here's the complete list of universities (http://www.google.com/universities.html)

Anyone know of any other sort of hidden pages on Google?

[mad jew]

Anyone know of any other sort of hidden pages on Google?


Just the localised one which kinda annoys me. Google Australia just doesn't search the right places. :o

[Phat_Pat]

those are not hidden

Link (http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/)

Just click on more and they all are shown


to get those click on "Special Searches"

[belvdr]

Thanks. I knew they couldn't be hidden, but didn't know another way to express it.

[Mike Teezie]

They really need to update the logo for the Mac page.

[Thomas Veil]

What the heck is so "special" about the Mac page that I would want to use it instead of the standard Google page?

[belvdr]

What the heck is so "special" about the Mac page that I would want to use it instead of the standard Google page?

It has "mac" in the URL... :) That, obviously, makes it a better search engine.

[WildCowboy]

The Mac Google page only searches Apple-related pages.

[belvdr]

The Mac Google page only searches Apple-related pages.

Don't think so (http://www.google.com/mac?hl=en&lr=&q=microsoft)

I hardly think that http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/ has anything to do with Apple. :)

[WildCowboy]

You'll notice that almost every one of those pages contains the word "apple" or "mac." You'll also notice that it doesn't pull up the main Microsoft page. It's obviously doing some sort of primitive filtering, but I don't know exactly what.

[WildCowboy]

Also, if you go to the "Advanced Search" page, you'll see links to a couple of the "topic-specific searches."

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

[belvdr]

You'll notice that almost every one of those pages contains the word "apple" or "mac." You'll also notice that it doesn't pull up the main Microsoft page. It's obviously doing some sort of primitive filtering, but I don't know exactly what.

It just seems like a weak excuse for a Mac-only search engine.

[belvdr]

Also, if you go to the "Advanced Search" page, you'll see links to a couple of the "topic-specific searches."

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

I saw that earlier. They just don't seem to be fully nailed to their topic.