I guess I really am a Google guy! I have tried a few other search engines but none seem to be as good. Ask Google why they continue to sell AdWords for Anabolic Steroids! I have written them three times protesting this and never received a response. That company is on autopilot. Even the Titanic had a helmsman. Google continues to set the gold standard in search, especially as it is making significant investments to expand both searchable content (e.g. Google Print) while retaining the purity of its search results (adverts still distinct from search results) This year I expect Yahoo to catch up more with Google as far as referral traffic. Most overhyped engine: Clusty (re-inventing something -- clustering -- which was not all that special when we first had it) Impending demise: the big directories like Yahoo All of the Internet search engines are generally crummy. Maybe next year, have a couple of 'negative' categories, and/or have folks vote for the 'worst.' Whether the results are published of not is a different matter. I am sure you will get interesting data. Google's listings have become flawed with affiliate and directory pages. Instead of finding the site I want, I find another site that has a link to it. Yahoo's results seem to be cleaner and more direct. Google consistently provides the most relevant search results compared to other search engines. MSN for second place please; their new algo is superb, far better than Yahoo. Google win for being consistently great all year in practically every field Yahoo gives my larger advertisers options of larger partnerships, with more creative visibility and interaction with users. Google, or course, remains a contender as the most cost effective ad buy on the Internet. MSN's new search would have topped my list -- but it didn't come into play until 2005. MSN was lean on fresh results in 2004 so it didn't get my vote. Yahoo wasn't much better. A9 is very underrated and offers services that is directly suited for those doing long term research. I still find Google to have the most relevant results. When I don't like those results, I'll try Yahoo. Oddly enough, Yahoo's paid ads (Overture) are often the best results. Perhaps there is something to be said for editorial review. Google's the king, but the crown is getting rusty Google is the standard. Google's results are not like it used to be -- they're really pretty bad and I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. Yahoo, on the other hand, has improved greatly. Yahoo is more user friendly to the average user than other search engines, MSN is also a great engine. Google used to be my SE of choice, but in 2004 their search results were all over the map Used to use ONLY Google, but a few months ago I noticed that a lot of my search results were less than desirable & there were also a lot of error pages. I started using Yahoo & found the results much better. I still use Google, but am keeping my eye on Yahoo. Google is still the best. Google indexes new or greatly changed pages faster than any other search engine. When I change the content of a page or put up a new page, it shows up in Google within a few days. This takes weeks or months in the other engines. For more information about seo :http://elechub.com/
Google just got miles away gap in search engine technology plus continuous adding some good services too.
well you are right about 80% of the searchers are using (searching) in google for more and accurate info.
If you have all commands of google search you can find anything on it related to web . I am satisfied from google but this is also true that some times we get hilarious result also which don't have any contact with our statement . .
I still use Google for most of my searches, but their results still bother me to some extent. I hate doing a search and getting a news result or video result in the middle of the page... or when it breaks up the page into 3 sections for some reason? Also, the Google dance with some of the sites I've optimized is never too fun. Yahoo seems to be much more relevant for certain searches, where as Google gives a lot more random results. Google still gives way too much power to domain age and domain names IMO. There are sites in my niche that are still on the first page and they are getting CRUSHED in terms of links by every other page, even pages on the 2nd and 3rd page... but just because the domain is aged or has the keywords in the domain name it remains high in the SERPS.
I have to say google is pretty good. But when I'm looking up something I need info about I look on msn. I find more relevant stuff there and not just sites that just buy there way to the top like google says they try to avoid.
Where did yahoo go wrong?? i remember when yahoo was the premier search engine and there was no such thing as google. Google took over and until recently i was reluctant to switch over. i eventually switch because google is superior.
Google is the best Choice for all newbies in internet marketing ^^ and for all who want to monetize theire websites ^^
Well..each and everyone agrees google is one of the best search engine.. I found a default with google..This default really sucks us.. Default is "Deindexing takes in google search" Can u plzz tell me why deindexing takes in google?? what is the cause? If someone copies my content. then my page deindexes. and his page occupies my position..This happened to many of posts... Y??? Y?????
I choose google any day. They focus on such minimalist portal, but with the most relevant results. When I use Yahoo or MSN, Im overwhelmed by their content. And lost in the irelevant results
Google is the best from my point of view simply because most people use it and I get almost all SE hits from Google.