The results are in. I thought that the answers of the single best word to describe Google Places could best be displayed as a Tag Cloud.
Like Google uses editorial judgement in showing search results, I used some to determine the relative weight of the words.
ambivilation aqueous betterrankfirst bipolar broken capricious clusterf despondful disambiguational dontstopatgoodenough double-plus-good-ungood essential fakakta frusterful googleplaces hopondent imfortunate infamous irksome maddening mitzvah omnipresence oyvey permabeta profitable promising purgatory relativelyeasytospam ridiculosity rollercoaster sisyphean temperamental underachiever underperforming unmissable unpredictable volatile
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I like the broken and permabeta
Comment by Plamen (59 comments) — September 30, 2011 @ 6:35 pm
Love it! I think oyvey not only describes Google Places, but sums up the cloud perfectly : )
Comment by Jeanne Kardell (20 comments) — October 3, 2011 @ 8:38 am
Haha. And I’m glad you liked ‘fakakta’.
Comment by MiriamEllis (592 comments) — October 3, 2011 @ 3:11 pm