Guys Google sends the most traffic to my site when compared other engines like Yahoo,Live,MSN etc. I am wondering why those other engines are totally useless when it comes to indexing and directing traffic based on keyword search. Maybe they don't have skilled math geeks or maybe they have will be shutdown soon.Supposedly I heard that Microsoft was gonna compete with Google aggressively to take their leadership position in the search space. But looks like they are nowhere close even to do finding a solution for simple indexing and return search results. Many months ago BusinessWeek said that Yahoo had some 100 Math geeks who maintain its algorithm with an Indian guy leading them. I know Yahoo's glory days are gone after Google started a few years ago.But Microsoft with billions of $s at its disposal seems downright pathetic when it comes to build a powerful search engine. Any insights on why Google dominates the search space when compared with others would be appreciated.
Not really, one of my site get the most traffic from yahoo. So it really depend on which search engine you are targeting your top position. It is true that Google get's the most traffic than other search engines, thus the bigger chance traffic will flow to your site (if you rank well). But since sometimes it is hard to get to position on Google, when you manage to be on top of other specific engine would also be good. But again that is just my opinion.
The other search engines are necessarily bad at indexing sites. They just aren't as popular as Google so fewer people are likely to search and find any site through them. When people think search, they think Google. It is the default search engine in many situations and it happens to be very good at finding useful, popular pages (using its pagerank formula). Other companies will continue to try to improve their methodologies but so will Google. So the battle continues...
I recently discovered that a client website receives alot of traffic from Live. It ranks higher both G and Live. But Google smashes all other SE's like a hammer. In my country the use of Google it's huge: 80% plus compared to others SE's.
First google it the bigest traffic source,bigger than yahoo and MSn And you may pay more attention in google and have more good SERPs in google.
not really true. your website got most traffic from google because you only optimize it for google (number of backlinks... etc) ... but yahoo and msn see it in the different way. let try it yourself by put the same keywords for the 3 search engine and view the result, then you can see the different.
Google always send lot more traffic compared to other search engines. This proves that, high percentage of users use Google for searching.
More people use Google. How did they gain this huge share of the search market? Google has the advantages of simplicity of use, innovation, and smart management. They hire the very best. They've been nimble from the start. They have a cool name, even - don't discount the power of a name in people's minds. There's a lot to it. But whatever the reasons, the fact remains they are the SE that we (in the website business) typically need to care most about.
popularity is the reason. yahoo might be the best search engine in the past but now it's Google's turn. Most visitor use google beause they can get more relevant result and even got more results after search. try to use other SEs and compre those result with Google result then you will know why people love google.
Well if your site cover the region where google is used as a main search engine then you will get lots of traffic from goolge , there are lots of places where people use MSN and Yahoo as a main search engine ... so it's baseless to say that yahoo or Msn are of no use ! Regards, MB
Thanks everybody for your reply on this topic.Interesting to see how this battle between Google and others continues on a daily basis.
Which wearch engine are you using? I am using google, and I feel most people do the same. If most users use Google for searching, whatever we do for SEO, will have most clients coning from Google.
Google is the most successful search engine because it has a reputation for producing the most relevant results. There are many people who use google that will never consider using any of the other search engines.
kingofsanda and Lyn Thanks. Yes Google is my favorite SE.And it seems to the most relevant results.There are pretty bad ones out there that will show sponsored results mixed with actual search results.Go Google !!!
Yeah the reason is not the algo or the geniuses at Yahoo or MSN. It is simply that Google has a dominating larger share of visitors than the rest. Haha I use Yahoo because I use yahoo mail.
use alexa and u would find 28% of global internet users daily use google for searching.. people have marked google as the web,, they dont beyond it.. becoz there is no need.. u mostly find it there only!!
Maybe you guys will find this news article interesting as it will explain why google is so successful. It talks about Google's business model and search secret whereby the search engine is designed to get rid of you as soon as possible.