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AcronymFinder.com sucks, use it only as your last resort

Posted by mypapit on 19 Dec 2005 in Internet Stuff

I don’t know about you guys, but I found that AcronymFinders.com service is suck beyond my level of tolerance. First of all it can’t find the most trivial acronym, and secondly its result are too damn commercial-oriented. Instead of listing the most obvious and relevant acronym, the AcronymFinder list the acronym which has the most commercial-value.

Why? Because their result page feature links to amazon.com product finder, they are cashing in the visitor by supplying commercial oriented result! Now that’s annoying.

I suggest that people use Answers.com instead for finding acronym, not that Answers.com feature less advertisement, but because Answers.com supplies relevant acronym that is not too commercially oriented. Hopefully somebody would came up with another useful website for finding acronyms.

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1. ShaolinTiger Said:
   December 19th, 2005 at 3:17 pm

   After managing to locate the comments box between all the adverts.

   I would say just use google?

   You can type in the query box:

   define:word

   Including acronyms, as such:

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3AGNU&btnG=Google+Search

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=define%3AFUBAR&btnG=Search

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=define%3ANBA&btnG=Search

   Etc.

   Google = thx.

2. mypapit (Admin) Said:
   December 19th, 2005 at 3:20 pm

   I’m not against advertisement as I pointed out with Answers.com, but I’m pretty dissapointed with commercially-oriented result, there’s a different there, advertisement is everywhere in the web including in google.com.

3. 8dee Said:
   December 19th, 2005 at 3:21 pm

   thanks for the suggestion….as the acronymfinder is in the result of dictionary.com, it is much easier….but will try answers.com if I don’t get the result

4. Akon Said:
   December 19th, 2005 at 3:26 pm

   What’s the matter papit? can’t find your favorite acronym there? :D

5. mypapit (Admin) Said:
   December 19th, 2005 at 7:41 pm

   Thanks guys for the suggestions, it’s really helpful to me, I’ve restructred my blog to make it easier to find the comment box :)

   and yes, i couldn’t find my favourite acronyms lol

6. Jason Camp Said:
   January 11th, 2006 at 2:19 am

   Maybe you should take another look. Acronym Finder just improved their search results. Plus, they have FAR more entries than answers.com or any other site.

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