I honestly hadn't seen that that was there. Thanks for pointing it out!
I guess the only real difference is mine is available through the Chrome Web Store and has the full extension source hosted.
EDIT: Checked with a few people, no one remembers seeing the extension link earlier today. Can anyone confirm when they first saw it? (I saw the post around 10 this morning and decided to write the extension. Just want to confirm my efforts weren't totally in vein)
Jesus dude, I searched for two guys who essentially live in Google Plus - Trey Ratcliff and Guy Kawasaki.. and your extension returns everything but their G+ profile pages on the first page of the search result?? I know it is hip to be anti-Google now but this is ridiculous.
Not trying to be anti-Google at all.
I searched both of those names and both of their Google+ pages came up on the first page.
The extension only adds more social links the "Related People and Pages" sidebar. Even then, it only adds links, it doesn't remove the Google+ pages. Your regular search results are not modified at all. Try searching for "movies" to get a better feel for what it actually does.
Neither of them show up after I install your chrome extension because the "Show Personal Results" is enabled by default. Your extension does show those G+ profile pages ONLY IF I switch to "Hide Personal Results". This is a problem with the original bookmarklet as well.
I will look into this and try to modify the original script so that Personal Results remain untouched. Would you be willing to post a screenshot comparing the results with the extension on and off? I can't seem to reproduce what you are seeing.
This is the only way I could share the screenshots - sorry if they take a little long to load. Else ping me on Twitter with the same handle and I can attach using yfrog
Why would I want a facebook like button on every one of my search results page? The only place facebook can't spy on me? And in all fairness, why doesn't this script puts a +1 button on facebook search results?
Just some honest feedback for the project owners. The logo change (http://i.imgur.com/U8WOI.png) was off-putting for me. You're probably better off if people install this extension out of curiosity and then forget about it entirely. This feels too much like a wink every time you search saying, "hey, some extension is mucking with these results, remember?"
I definitely agree, but I don't want to shamelessly rip off the original authors of the script. If people want me to do it though, I will consider it. Thanks for your opinion. Maybe as I make my own modifications to the script I will remove it.
The biggest issue for me was a massive, "so what?" I installed the extension and did some searches. A few G+ results, nothing else. Okay, I'll search for things I know some of my friends on facebook have talked about lately. Nothing. Alright, I'll search for "deadmau5". Nothing. What's this? 80 personal results? Sure, let's check those. Hey, a twitter link!... to someone I have on G+.
Really not sure what the authors were trying to prove, here. In the end, I got a snarky logo and the same damned results I would have gotten from Google, anyway. Removed.
Note: this is not a failing of the extension's author; I just went back and tried the same searches with the original script and had the same results. No, I didn't Google "movies" as they suggested, and nor has anyone since 1999. When I google "SOPA" without the script, I get a mix of Wikipedia, EFF, and some relevant links from G+. When I repeat the search with the script, I get the same thing and a snarky logo.
Instead of chastising Google for not including results from networks that don't want their social graphs exposed, these "independent engineers" might want to focus on doing social search themselves. Why aren't we complaining that facebook doesn't include G+ in its search results? Might it be because this entire issue is a tempest in a teapot stirred up by companies that wanted to dominate social search, but were beaten to the punch by a company that dominates (surprise, surprise) search?
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I guess the only real difference is mine is available through the Chrome Web Store and has the full extension source hosted.
EDIT: Checked with a few people, no one remembers seeing the extension link earlier today. Can anyone confirm when they first saw it? (I saw the post around 10 this morning and decided to write the extension. Just want to confirm my efforts weren't totally in vein)
The extension only adds more social links the "Related People and Pages" sidebar. Even then, it only adds links, it doesn't remove the Google+ pages. Your regular search results are not modified at all. Try searching for "movies" to get a better feel for what it actually does.
Trey Ratcliff: https://plus.google.com/105237212888595777019/posts
Guy Kawasaki: https://plus.google.com/112374836634096795698/posts
Neither of them show up after I install your chrome extension because the "Show Personal Results" is enabled by default. Your extension does show those G+ profile pages ONLY IF I switch to "Hide Personal Results". This is a problem with the original bookmarklet as well.
Search results with your extension ENABLED and "Show Personal Results" selected: http://www.quick-markup.com/edit/4f1e4698e51f6
Search results with your extension ENABLED and "Hide Personal Results" selected: http://www.quick-markup.com/edit/4f1e487c9ac72
Search results with your extension DISABLED and "Hide Personal Results" selected: http://www.quick-markup.com/edit/4f1e47b4f0723
The extension was not available when I started working on my own. Phew!
The biggest issue for me was a massive, "so what?" I installed the extension and did some searches. A few G+ results, nothing else. Okay, I'll search for things I know some of my friends on facebook have talked about lately. Nothing. Alright, I'll search for "deadmau5". Nothing. What's this? 80 personal results? Sure, let's check those. Hey, a twitter link!... to someone I have on G+.
Really not sure what the authors were trying to prove, here. In the end, I got a snarky logo and the same damned results I would have gotten from Google, anyway. Removed.
Note: this is not a failing of the extension's author; I just went back and tried the same searches with the original script and had the same results. No, I didn't Google "movies" as they suggested, and nor has anyone since 1999. When I google "SOPA" without the script, I get a mix of Wikipedia, EFF, and some relevant links from G+. When I repeat the search with the script, I get the same thing and a snarky logo.
Instead of chastising Google for not including results from networks that don't want their social graphs exposed, these "independent engineers" might want to focus on doing social search themselves. Why aren't we complaining that facebook doesn't include G+ in its search results? Might it be because this entire issue is a tempest in a teapot stirred up by companies that wanted to dominate social search, but were beaten to the punch by a company that dominates (surprise, surprise) search?