Google is still the "best search engine" because it gives accurate result and better SEO. As you said , Google has more backlinks, higher authority and give organic traffic for the site.
I don't think Google will really care about their SEO ranking. They don't have to worry about find new users to use their website. Mostly all people know about Google.
If google really wanted to be there, why would you be searching on google? If people are on google, means they are looking for some other site not google!
why would you expect google to even come up in the search engine, you dot needto discover it, you are already using
Does google really need to be in search results for 'best search engine'? It already is spending millions and earning in billions in this industry and advertising. Daniel Page linkrain.com,
Heh, nice one. I didn't think they'd rank for "best search engine", but I would have thought they'd be on first page for "search engine"...