Much better than the real Google

Matt Marshall | August 10th, 2005

Check out this Google knock-off. Apparently it is not an official Google site, but it is cooler in some ways. Wonder how long it will stay up. Here’s more info on the guy who is apparently behind it.

googletotal.jpgCalled Google Total, it gives you a simple drop down menu, which lets you select some of Google’s services without needing to do another click and get transferred to yet another page where you have to do another click.

For example, if you’re a normal user of the real Google, and you want to map something, you’d take the extra step of typing in the special maps.google.com URL, or clicking on “More”…now you don’t have to.

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  1. August 10th, 2005
    10:15 am

    Mark Evans said:

    Google 2.0

    Silicon Beat has picked up on the new and improved Google, albeit an unofficial upgrade. Google Total is more user-friendly by offering drop-down search options. If yo…

  2. August 11th, 2005
    3:08 am

    genbeta said:

    Google Total, la imitación que supera al original

    No siempre el original tiene por qué ser mejor que la copia. Y cuando hablamos de google, la cual levanta pasiones, además de mucho dinero, la legión de fans de la que dispone hace más sencillo que una variación de su joya de la corona, el buscad…

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  1. August 12th, 2005
    10:22 am

    jsalsman said:

    Interesting. I hope this good idea gets absorbed back into the corporate blob.

  2. October 9th, 2005
    3:41 am

    Weston said:

    I made Google Advanced, which was ripped off of me (the first version anyway) and renamed Google Total..

    Would you please make this clear to everyone?

    I made it back a long while ago and posted on digg.com
    http://digg.com/links/Google_Advanced

    This really makes me mad when people rip you off.. Even though I make no profit and its just a website, I DID ALL THE WORK..

    Thanks,
    Weston Campbell

  3. October 9th, 2005
    3:42 am

    Weston said:

    I made Google Advanced, which was ripped off of me (the first version anyway) and renamed Google Total..

    Would you please make this clear to everyone?

    I made it back a long while ago and posted on digg.com
    http://digg.com/links/Google_Advanced

    This really makes me mad when people rip you off.. Even though I make no profit and its just a website, I DID ALL THE WORK..

    Thanks,
    Weston Campbell

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