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Digging for Googleholes

Steven Johnson’s most recent Slate article entitled “Digging for Googleholes” reveals the not-so-omni-present side of Google. One of the problems that Johnson targets is the dreadful synonym capabilities. Interestingly, on “Google Weblog” today, they referenced a new Google advanced feature that allows people to search for synonyms.

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This entry was posted in digitalness on August 4, 2003 by zephoria.

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My name is danah boyd and I'm a Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder/president of Data & Society. Buzzwords in my world include: privacy, census, context, algorithms, equity, justice. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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