Posted by funkay
Has anyone noticed that when you search for something on wap.google.com (searching in "mobile web", which you choose in search options) lately, the results are totally different to what you searched for. Either that, or my phone is seriously screwed, lol.
Is it happening to you 2?
Posted by whizkidd
Are you talking about the xhtml site or the wml one?
Posted by aet419
R u stupid. LOL
Posted by funkay
XHTML = www.google.com/xhtml
WML = wap.google.com
I'm talking about the WML one.
& aet419, who are you asking?
Posted by whizkidd
@funkay, some wap 2.0 browsers open the xhtml site of google when you type wap.google.com instead of the wml one. And the results for the xhtml site is completely different from the wml one. Edit: ok i see that you've mentioned about the "mobile web" option. Thats the wml site! And yes, the google wml site is famous for bringing up totally irrelevant results. But on the whole i find it really useful. _________________
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together. [ This Message was edited by: whizkidd on 2005-06-10 05:28 ]
Posted by REO
@funkay
Yes it is happening with my phone as well as my sons.
You type in a search ... for example, "esato", and it will give you another
crazy or obscene title indicating that it can not be found.
the result has nothing to do with the original word or phrase used.
I typed in tag tag and it said something like ... " Hot Lipps was not found. they must have some type of bug in their search engine.
Posted by funkay
Thanks REO for replying.
I wonder if wml google has been hacked, cause alot of the search results you get (regardless of what you search for) are about celebrities, xxx-rated content, advertisements, "something for free", etc, or just plain don't make sense.
Well, i'm glad it's not just my phone then!!!
Posted by REO
@funkay
I was going crazy, went through every setting in my phone.
Almost did a reset, which I've never done and was afraid to lose valueble files. I'm glad I waited.
Posted by andy75
Its been like that for months now, also if I click any of the links I either get "Not found" or some other error (can't remember exactly as I gave up long ago)
Posted by funkay
It only started happening for me today, and I've been using it for weeks without 1 problem like this, until now, where EvErY search I do gives weird results.
Posted by whizkidd
Is there some "contact us" option so that we can tell google their wap site is f***ed up?
Posted by Pradhika
Yes the search results are horrible. :-(
Posted by twerg
I have been using wml and xhtml versions for yonks and have all but given up on them. For me wml is only good for the mobile web, entire web 9 times out of 10 returns errors. Same for xhtml, i can get 1 or 2 pages into a website then errors occur. Picture results work find thou.... Wish they would fix this, its frustrating! I sent then an e-mail once but no reply. Think iv had better luck using google through http://gateway.oceanlake.com/ give it a try.
Posted by brix25
I've also given up on the wml version of Google. Noticed problems last year but in the last couple of months it's been giving crazy results when you're searching for the most simple things.
Posted by whizkidd
All you guys try http://www.fonpilot.com its a basic wap search engine. EDIT:Even that is f****d up!
_________________ :grin: Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together. [ This Message was edited by: whizkidd on 2005-06-10 10:23 ]
Posted by REO
I've been using Google for years. The problem started yesterday.
The problem is.... Google is the only search engine that is provided from my cell provider. I gues I can play with one of my bookmarks and edit the url to what ever search I want and then rename it.
That may be my work around.
Posted by ten18
its been like that for almost a year now...
i dont use google wap anymore, proper google for me
Posted by REO
Any worthy search engines???
Please send some links to try out.
Thanks.
Posted by REO
I e-mailed Google. here is the reply------
Thank you for taking the time to report this problem. We are aware of this bug, and our Mobile engineering team is working to find a solution.
We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to resolve this issue soon.
Regards,
The Google Team
Original Message Follows:
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From: williegarcia@cfl.rr.com
Subject: WAP Search
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:21:23 -0000
Me and a few friends are having problems with the google mobile search.
Any search submitted returns an obscene title which is unfound. Nothing anywhere near what the actual search is.
I've tried it on other phones with different sim cards and the same obscene titles are produced.
Has your site been hacked?
Language: en
WebUserLocale: en
IssueType: report_problem
Posted by whizkidd
Thanks for taking the trouble @REO
Btw there's a thread here which has a compilation of various wap search engines. Might be of help.
Posted by ten18
not sure if this will work on your phone but it worked fine for me. much better than that crazy wap version.
http://www.google.com/xhtml
Posted by neha10
I've been getting this problem too, but it's good to see that somebody brought it to their notice and they're trying to solve it. I earlier thought I was getting from somebody else's search.
Posted by twerg
I think i can recall reading another thread some time ago about wap google and Masseur wrote that we could be getting other peoples results. Is this possible? Its like getting crossed wires in a phone call.
Posted by REO
@whizkidd @ten18
Thanks.
I will look for the thread.
@ten18
I have the version you sent. I need a WAP version, otherwise I'm not able to use wap version sites in full capacity.
Posted by whizkidd
Ok here it is. www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=81913
Posted by REO
@whizkidd
Thanks !
Now I can wap esato.. Thank you so much !!!
Posted by funkay
Thanks REO for taking the time to check it out
Posted by REO
@funkay
YW !
Here is a pretty good WAP search engine I found.
http://www.wapitout.com
Posted by REO
Mobile Google is running again
Posted by whizkidd
They fixed it?
Posted by Fox hound
It was acting up the other day dont know if its working now
Posted by funkay
Yeah, i think it's working now :-) . I'm actually getting results on what i search instead of something random.
Posted by sailaab
Well ! Atleast Reo made an effort to write to 'em. And Funkay brought it to our notice. I would often just give it a pass.
As such, Pravada would give me enough d/load.
Incidently, wap.ithaki.net is a good Meta Search Engine.
Google HTML, am told uses a different cache mechanism hence results are better.
Posted by neox
I have consolidated the list of wap websites/browsers/search engines:
www.seek4wap.com
www.fonpilot.com
www.wapmeter.com
www.click4wap.net
www.wapitout.com
www.pix4mms.com
wap.yahoo.com
wap.ebay.com
wap.espn.com
wap.cnet.com
wap.google.com
wap.ithaki.net
mobile.msn.com
http://tagtag.com
http://www.brainboost.com/wap
have fun....
Posted by sailaab
WoW.. Thanx NeoX.. Thats a helpful list. Maybe you'd also push it at thread number 81913. Its the one asking all to suggest wap search sites..
Posted by neox
thanks for heads-up. It's done!.
Posted by sailaab
Yup. Saw that !