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Google Chrome review in one sort-of word: Meh

It's not like I need another browser. Before installing Chrome, my sweet Fedora 11 rig was equipped with (in order of favorite to least favorite) Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, Safari, and the ultra-crappy Internet Explorer (under Wine -- why does anyone use this piece of junk? Oh, right, because they're under some kind of spell that makes them blind to the vast world beyond Microsoftie stuff... anyway...). I also keep Lynx around for fun. To me the true test of good web design is this: It's worth browsing the site in Lynx; the site works.

So anyway, I don't need another browser.

Is it just me or is Google off its game?

Based on what I see in my own searches and in the search referrers to my sites, it seems that Google's transition to the new algorithm is not going so well. Searches seem far less relevant. It even reminds me of the old days of AltaVista when it was sort of a crapshoot. Google's indexing of the entire online world is massively complex. Could the complexity of it be getting out of hand, or has the search giant overstepped? I'm betting on the latter. I think they got too fancy with the new algorithm and it messed everything up. That's just a theory.

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