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Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
1 year ago480 views

How long has Google had Linux and Microsoft related search? This is the first time I've ever stumbled upon either of these pages. The Microsoft search page actually highlights the word "Microsoft" in all of the snippets that appear on the search results page. But the Linux version doesn't seem to do that. Why no Mac version??

google.com/linux


farm2.static.flickr.com/1103/7 ...



google.com/microsoft


farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/7 ...



No Mac search page.

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Gee.. These are really old man

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Strange. I've never seen these until today.

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

You still have this page though :
google.com/mac

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

David, that just redirects google.com/mac.html , the applications page for Google programs on the Mac OS.

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Yeah, i know. I didn't mean it's a search page. I was just telling you Google didn't forsaken Mac :)

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

web.archive.org/web/*/google.c ...
web.archive.org/web/*/google.c ...
web.archive.org/web/*/google.c ...
web.archive.org/web/*/google.c ...

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Thanks, Ionut. It appears the Mac search page disappeared in Nov 2006 to become the current mac.html version.

Would love to see them create an application page for Linux and Microsoft just like they have done with the Mac applications.

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Google Special Searches:
google.com/options/specialsear ...

Gotta love the logo on the BSD search. "Don't be evil" indeed!

Colin: the Mac page does have a "Search Mac Sites" box above the downloads.

Martin Porcheron [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

"Ionut. It appears the Mac search page disappeared in Nov 2006 to become the current mac.html version."

You can still search Mac pages, the search box is at the top of the page.

stefan2904 [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

google.com/firefox (also old, just for completeness)

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Is there any reason why google.com/win redirects to Adwords?

Colin Colehour [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

Mrrix32, I noticed that too last night.

JohnMu [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

The guy in the BSD search is the old BSD "logo" figure :) (eg freebsd.org/)

More fun/obscure Google-Pages :-)

google.com/cookies.html
google.com/dilbert.html
google.com/Easter/feature_east ...
google.com/heart/heart01.html
google.com/gmm/ vs google.com/glm/ ?
google.com/googlefriends/archi ...
google.com/intl/xx-bork/ (etc)
google.com/jobs/britney.html
google.com/mentalplex/
google.com/press/annc/adsense_ ... (what happened to that? has anyone seen it live?)

Martin Porcheron [PersonRank 10]

1 year ago #

"google.com/gmm/ vs google.com/glm/ ?"

The latter is from when the product was called Google Local (Google Local Mobile -> glm). It was then renamed to Google Maps.

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