22nd June 2005, 12:40 PM
How much effort? Well, spelling ignored, what do you mean type "nintendo forum" into a browser? You mean Nintendoforum.com? Do you mean a search engine?
It all depends on what search engine program they use. Search engines are not built into any web browser. They are special pages that only exist online. No calculations done at all on your PC.
Most use google, let's go with that. Have you actually tried using variuos search engine with that term? Nothing. You get Nsider first, and TC just isn't even ON the list. Maybe it's in there somewhere. After a nice google spider archives this thread, we might actually appear.
Remember, search engines give results based on what words appear. The engine has no idea how to determine what the hell the page is, like if it's a forum. It's all HTML. So, unless we've specifically typed out somewheres that this is a Nintendo Forum, it won't pull it up as a result. I've done that now, so this ONE page will come up.
Further more, even then it'll be pretty far a result. You just have to have an understanding of how these things operate. Also, why would someone search out "nintendo forum" anyway? Anyone who knows such things exist to be found already has one they visit. Those, like me long ago, that don't even know what the heck a forum even is, won't ever type in that term. If you don't even know that something exists to begin with, even as a concept, it's impossible to ever actually seek out info on it. How do I seek out info on dragons if I've never even heard of them, EVER? I can't! The only way is to accidently come across that data.
It all depends on what search engine program they use. Search engines are not built into any web browser. They are special pages that only exist online. No calculations done at all on your PC.
Most use google, let's go with that. Have you actually tried using variuos search engine with that term? Nothing. You get Nsider first, and TC just isn't even ON the list. Maybe it's in there somewhere. After a nice google spider archives this thread, we might actually appear.
Remember, search engines give results based on what words appear. The engine has no idea how to determine what the hell the page is, like if it's a forum. It's all HTML. So, unless we've specifically typed out somewheres that this is a Nintendo Forum, it won't pull it up as a result. I've done that now, so this ONE page will come up.
Further more, even then it'll be pretty far a result. You just have to have an understanding of how these things operate. Also, why would someone search out "nintendo forum" anyway? Anyone who knows such things exist to be found already has one they visit. Those, like me long ago, that don't even know what the heck a forum even is, won't ever type in that term. If you don't even know that something exists to begin with, even as a concept, it's impossible to ever actually seek out info on it. How do I seek out info on dragons if I've never even heard of them, EVER? I can't! The only way is to accidently come across that data.
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