Which search engine do you truly prefer – Google, Bing, or Yahoo? Let’s find out!
January 1, 2012 39
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Google is trying to take over the world, Microsoft already owns our souls, and Yahoo… well, Yahoo is a classic (couldn’t think of anything else to say about Yahoo). So the million dollar multi-billion dollar question is who’s search engine do you use? With Yahoo quickly dying away most of us will either say Google or Bing. However is your answer to my question just a “jump-on-the-bandwagon” thing or do you really like that search engine? Well lets find out.
Blind Search is an interesting website which helps you figure out which search Engine is best for you. It works in a simple way. You simply type in what you want to search for…
…and results from Google, Bing, and Yahoo are displayed:
You are then asked to select which search engine your prefer based on the search results you get. The thing is you don’t know which results are from which search engine (hence the name “Blind Search”). After you select the search engine you are told which one you selected:
Apparently I am a Yahoo fan. Now this isn’t exactly an experiment that would get published in the Science Journal but it is interesting. So, now tell me, which search engine do you truly prefer? Find out from the link below:
[via ScienceRoll]
I’m a Googler :)
Since this posting does not have a link to Blind Search, I first had to search for Blind Search. Upon accessing the site I figured, “What the hey?” and entered “Blind Search” (no quotes) as the search object. The results? Google specifically targeted entries regarding Blind Search itself, while Bing was 50-50 for the search site and other hits about the blind searching, while Yahoo was all over the place about blinds, the blind and searches and searching for whatever.
Yahoo! I always knew it. That Yahoo! is my favorite I mean.
@Robert: Crap! Sorry I forgot to put a link to it LOL! Added now =).
@Kev93: Join the club =P.
@Opie: I am a true Googler at heart!
I haven’t been a googler for quite some time. I stopped Googling, and started ASKing. ;)
I recently reviewed this website! I think it’s a brilliant way of getting the best results.
Google it was….
Google, Bing, Google, Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Bing, Google, Google, Google.
I knew I would be a Googler :)
I did ten searches that I might normally search for, and clicked on the one with the most relevant results. The stats were:
6 Google
3 Bing
1 Yahoo!
That website is a really great idea. Props to the creator.
Surely you must be joking ?
(I know you told me not to call you Surely)
There is only one search engine -
GOOGLE
i HATE ask because they have that malware toolbar.
@tejas: Oh the good old days of Ask.com =). I remember when I first discovered it. Me and my friends thought it was sooooooooo cool.
@JJSlider: You have a website? I would love to hear about it.
@Liam K: I bet you will be interested in the results of the first 8 weeks: http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=839
Greetings all! As I am in the middle of researching an assignment for one of my courses (due on Friday … oh no, so many late nights ahead!), I am madly using search engines. Google has been my main search engine for years now. I’ve tried out many others, but it seemed all much of a muchness. A couple of months back (I think), I saw an interview with the creators of Bing on BBC’s Click program. It was quite interesting in that they are attempting to develop a more intuitive search engine. They also said it was a work in progress and would get better as time went on. So I tried it out, and actually quite like it. So now I tend to use a combination of Google and Bing. I also noticed that Google is going down the more intuitive search path as well, which is good for all of us. My pet gripe is trawling through endless search pages trying to find exactly what it is I’m looking for. So anything that makes that process easier – be it from Google, Microsoft or whoever – is going to be a winner for me.
Anyway, that’s my 10 cents’ worth. Now back to the search pages!
I wonder about the results. I tried a search and the google column returned no results. When I went directly to google I did get results. I think maybe what’s being passed through doesn’t correspond to what we type? The search was “Verbrilli Sound” “Leisure War” +flac -torrent.
It’s kinda hard to say which of these Search Engines I prefer because I prefer All The Internet Search Engine and all of these Search Engines mention are included in the 100+ Search Engine Package. All The Internet Search Engine is far better than any other in my opinion because it “Highlight” what you Searched for in the best way possible without having to look through lots of Junk.
Thought I’d give it a try. I also used “Blind Search” to test it out.
Google listed it at #1, Bing at #4, and Yahoo #3
google.ca is my favourite search engine.
(BTW, favourite isn’t a spelling error, that is how we Canuks spell it.)
I prefer google.
@Ozzie: “My pet gripe is trawling through endless search pages trying to find exactly what it is I’m looking for.”
If you are using Firefox try their Surf Canyon add-on, you will also find a review that Ashraf did on it also. (sorry, forgot to search the review before posting.)
If your not using Firefox, I’d highly recommend giving it a try.
Mags,
Here in Australia, we used to think we were the centre of the universe, and all my neighbours used to spell favorite as favourite.
But now we are learning to ‘speak’ American.
Rob
PS I used Google to make sure that I didn’t get center/centre back to front.
@ Mags: Thanks for the tip! I’ll give the Surf Canyon add-on a shot and see how it goes. And yes, I use FF … I love FF!
I prefer google, but have them all on my favorites in case google…..
have a nice day
Google still rules for my genealogy searches.
Happy Dae·
I used Yahoo until Google came along with more features, add-ons, etc. that I find very useful. :^)
Have an awesome day!
Ashraf,I use a UK-based s/e called Ixquick which does not reportedly record Ur IP addr. Fast,clean,WOT compliant and trying 2 get them on the Berry 4 privacy issues; however, I see Google flashing by in lower left of taskbar…hope they block Google during this process…easy DnLd and install from from their site into FF or IE…not sure about other browsers.
@RobCr:
Thx for reminding me about centre/center – when I was first learning HTML I would get frustrated. When I wanted to centre something it wouldn’t work until I realized I had to use center not centre!
@Ozzie:
Your welcome. I dislike (H8) IE with a passion, only use it when I have to. I used to use Netscape until it became useless after AOL took it over, so switched to Firefox and haven’t look back since.