Google and Tsunami

I found this post in one of my earlier blogs


Google has become synonymous with web search. Often, we read about the change in the page ranking mechanism, the change in the number of pages crawled by the search engine and so on. In my current job, we heavily rely on Google to check for names, places, terminologies, and just about any entity which is not clear in the fax. Over the years, I find that I have my own set of tips for better search results and on deriving a conclusion over the various searches. For example, if there is a doubt over a word usage and Merriam Websters does not have that word simply because it is a new word, or because it is another business expression I would check the word in Google and the higher the hits, the more the usage. For example, the word “Screenshot”. This word wasn’t found in Websters, but we use that often. So what do I do? I check in Google for single word and 2 words. I would go for whichever returns the greater number of hits.
But, in spite of this, I wasn’t aware of the patterns that could be found in such searches. The most recent example was my search for the word “tsunami”. Just 2 days after the disaster, I was trying to collect information about it, and the search returned approx 4 million hits. Two or three few days later, as I was browsing, I impulsively tried the search again, and guess what I found? This time it was around 7 million hits. Till now, I have no clue as to where I got this idea of checking for the number of hits. About a week after the disaster, it was at 17,500,000. I was amazed at this kind of increase in the number of hits. I had expected to go up, but never expected it to be so much. Ten days after the disaster it came to 20,500,000. Today, January 11, 2005 – just over 2 weeks – it is at 27 million hits.
How far would it go? Will have to wait and see.
Well the upward trend continues and just 2 days later, January 13, it is at 30 million pages. I am now quite positive of seeing a tenfold increase before the month is over.
Today – January 21, 2005 – it is at 37,700,000


....that was the post... I chked it today and guess what ...it is at 105,000,000 (June 27, 2006)

Reminds me of myself

Lyrics from "I am" of Hillary Duff... Can't help but think it's about me. So much like me....there are some who think am an angel and there are others who think I am such a pain in life... I know I can be both....
A big thank you for those who think I am wonderful and a bigger sorry for those who find me a pain....

I'm an angel, I'm a devil
I am sometimes in between
I'm as bad it can get
And good as it can be
Sometimes I'm a million colors
Sometimes I'm black and white
I am all extremes
Try figure me out you never can
There's so many things I am

I am special
I am beautiful
I am wonderful
I'm powerful
Unstoppable
Sometimes I'm miserable
Sometimes I'm pitiful
But that's so typical of all the things I am

I'm someone filled with self-belief
I'm haunted by self-doubt
I've got all the answers
I've got nothing figured out
I like to be by myself
I hate to be alone
I'm up and I am down
But that's part of the thrill
Part of the plan
Part of all of the things I am

I am special
I am beautiful
I am wonderful
I'm powerful
Unstoppable
Sometimes I'm miserable
Sometimes I'm pitiful
But that's so typical of all the things I am

I'm a million contradictions
Sometimes I make no sense
Sometimes I'm perfect
Sometimes I'm a mess
Sometimes I'm not sure who I am

I am special
I am beautiful
I am wonderful
And powerful
Unstoppable
Sometimes I'm miserable
Sometimes I'm pitiful
But that's so typical of all the things I am
--

Have you ever wondered…

If there was someone like you, would you talk to that person?

Am not talking about the way you look...am talking about the real person...the person without the mask you wear for the world.

If you met someone like that, Would you talk?

Think about it....

Letting go….

One of the hardest things to do on earth - Letting go. For some it is easier than the rest, nevertheless, I don't think it is really easy for anyone - to shrug off and let go. There have been times I've had to let go. Am sure all of us would have gone through this - but do you struggle as much as I do or not, I'd never know. As for myself, I struggle each time I go through this. The last time I struggled as much as I am now, was a few years ago. Quite unfortunately, there are too many similarities and I can only hope I would pull through the way I did last time. There is something that comforts me a lot this time - the person I let go last time is a good pal now.
Will it happen again? I will have to wait for that...through it all....