Re: [ARSCLIST] Problem with Google

[Malcolm Davidson <malcolm_davidson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Roger,

I recognized this as a problem a number of years ago and have subsequently
developed a site which allows users to access focussed metadata simply by
entering a date of interest.  The (self contained) database contains the
popular music, books and movie listings for any week going back to 1940.  I
want to expand it and add non chart based data, but have few resources at
present.  If you'd like to look at the site it is www.yestertainment.com

I believe the concept is a good foundation for accessing historical
entertainment information and I hope to continue expanding the site as time
and finances allow.  Unfortunately it does not list not chart information as
mentioned above, but I envisioned a program to continuously add metadata and
expand the informational reach of the site.  I'm working with Amazon to link
up MP3 downloads for the Singles data.

Yes, the signal to noise ratio with Google is becoming poor and it is often
difficult to locate specific data.  This is but one man's attempt to help
alleviate the needle in a haystack problem. As a Rhapsody member I've
listening to many wonderful tracks that I discovered whilst gathering the
microfilm content for the database.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 6:24 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Problem with Google


> Whenever I want to start digging around  on the web,for historical
information, about an artist,I have to sort through dozens,or even hundreds
of pages of search results as to where I might buy CDs,or worse,downloads
about said artist.It matters not,how seemingly obscure the artist is,or what
the genre is.If I want to know the history,and personnel  of Codallo's Top
Hatters Orchestra,or want to learn more about the lives of certain obscure
classical pianists,who only made one  or two records fifty,sixty, or seventy
years ago,and were never reissued on CD,I do not want to sift through
listings of essentially empty pages from sites selling CDs or downloads.
Pages that I may have unwittingly created with my search.
>
> There needs to be a good ad-free search engine that filters out this crap.
>
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>                                         Roger
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