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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by eurohacker on Sunday January 16, 2011 @04:28PM (#2110289)
Europeans have invented PHP, Linux, Python, C++, Ruby on Rails, Opera browser, Skype etc.

should promote european better search engines more , otherwise average-level product makers like Google and Microsoft will take over the world

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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by jbarham on Sunday January 16, 2011 @05:26PM (#2110455)
> Europeans have invented PHP, Linux, Python, C++, Ruby on Rails...

Sure, but Rasmus Lerdorf, Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Bjarne Stroustrup and David Heinemeier Hansson all now live in the US which IMHO says a lot.

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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by TomorrowMars on Sunday January 16, 2011 @05:27PM (#2110459)
I think despite all the article's flaws, that point you mention is very valid- google is a very American product, with the good-enough-for-us-means-good-enough-for-the-rest-of-the world.
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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by redthrowaway on Sunday January 16, 2011 @05:55PM (#2110531)
It's still great in Canada, too. Don't even say it, we're totally different and unique.
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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by TomorrowMars on Sunday January 16, 2011 @05:58PM (#2110538)
when you search in French from Canada, do you get results from France as well?
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Re:Why Google is not winning in Russia - and unexpected sear... by redthrowaway on Sunday January 16, 2011 @06:17PM (#2110582)
Nope.

http://www.google.ca/search?source=ig&hl=fr&rlz=&...

Google does have some god-awful URLs though.

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