Hurla Post #5

What's the first place you go to when connecting to the internet?

While your answer may be Facebook or Myspace, I have a feeling that if it's anything else, you probably start with Google.

When connecting to internet, I start with Google Chrome. I really like the features of Google Chrome. As I open up a new tab I'm able to see my eight most visited sites and go to one from there. The browser is able to be customized to my liking and I think it runs faster than Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Besides Google's new browser and other services Google offers, the search engine itself is what Google is mainly known for. Bing and Yahoo are other search engines, but they don't always add up to what Google has to offer.

I personally believe Yahoo isn't given enough credit for their site. You can access news, trends, and even Yahoo! sites to browse around.

Bing seems more similar to Google, but has more design and could even have more specific options to narrow down your search.

Basically, Google is all about simplicity. I don't know if one of these search engines is a clear winner compared to one another though. Depending on what you're searching for, the reason why you're searching, and the quality of information you wish to find I think that you wouldn't use the same search engine for all of these. It truly depends on your own personal taste.

Google is definitely the most known, so I can see why people usually view Google as superior.

With everything being said, for the next week I'm going to incorporate Bing and Yahoo and use them just as much as I use Google. By doing this, I will find out which searches work better and at the same time, be able to give more credit to Yahoo and Bing. I encourage everyone else to do the same as well!

Hurla Post #4

This week in class, we discussed Hulu compared to Netflix.  In the past, I have mainly been a user of Hulu.  This weekend however, I started Netflix's 30 day free trial.  Already, I know this is something I will continue to subscribe to.

Hulu is great, but I would not pay for Hulu Plus.  While the plus option includes more television shows and more episodes, there are still ads.  The advertisements don't bother me too much, but Netflix videos are ad free.  Another reason why I would not purchase Hulu Plus, is because the regular service is free.  The free version shows the latest episodes of many shows and that's usually all i want to watch.

Netflix doesn't really have new releases streaming online and that's fine with me.  If i wanted to see a new release, I would see it in theaters or just rent it from an actual video store when it came out.  The movies I like to watch are horror movies or comedies.  Thousands of these movies are available instantly and the genres never get old to me.

Here is a video also talking about the difference between Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon.


Amazon is offering a new service of streaming videos also.  I don't know much about this new service because I don't use Amazon, but I liked the analogies used in the video.

Right now, I'm content with using both Hulu and Netflix.  Hulu lets me watch the shows that I've missed during the week. Netflix lets me watch horribly awesome scary movies.  I see this as a win-win situation.  If I start to use Amazon, then maybe I'll consider their service too, but until then I'll leave you with the Alec Baldwin Hulu commercial.