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    Preffered search engine?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MYK, May 23, 2006.

  1. MYK

    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    Google, MSN, Yahoo or what? What is your preffered search engine?
     
    MYK, May 23, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I really like the results I'm seeing from Microsoft's new Live Search, ww.live.com or www.msn.com. Of course Google is still where it's at for most people. Yahoo is pretty much crap in my book.
     
    Brian, May 23, 2006
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    ru1thirst Notebook Consultant

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    I just read a story the other day about the market share on search engines in general. I use google for everything but the #'s were something like:
    43% - Google
    28% - Yahoo
    13% - MSN

    And something that probably won't surprise the kids but did surprise me was the new search engine on MySpace showed up on the board at something like 6th but with only .5%
     
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  4. warlord

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    Google. Sometimes I use Metacrawler...
     
    warlord, May 23, 2006
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  5. Tim

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    I only use google. If google can't find it then it probably isn't out there. lol
    Tim
     
    Tim, May 23, 2006
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    Scarf_Face Notebook Geek

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    People still use things besides Google? o.0
     
    Scarf_Face, May 23, 2006
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    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    I use both google and dogpile :cool:
     
    soldier0316, May 23, 2006
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    Goooooooooooooogle. :)
     
    z5sharp, May 23, 2006
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    Empulse Notebook Evangelist

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  11. factory21

    factory21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Google for most things. Their speed/availability is still leaps over yahoo,msn, and most other search engines.

    alltheweb (bought by yahoo at some point in time) has an interesting ajax,instant search interface you will either love or hate.

    snap.com offers results with previews that are useful if you're more visually inclined.


    There's also a client side meta search tool I've been working on. It can be handy because it can provide results offline (albeit limited to previous searches...) as well as online. More info at http://www.fact200.com
     
    factory21, May 24, 2006
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  12. RogueMonk

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    Google
    Wikkipedia
     
    RogueMonk, May 24, 2006
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  13. Bruce Banner

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    Google, Google scholar, and Dogpile. Dogpile may be the best because it just searches all of the search engines and compiles the results for you.
     
    Bruce Banner, May 24, 2006
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    google is expected to control more than 50% of the market soon (I think it was by the end of the year)

    Microsoft on the other hand have realized that they have a serious issue and they are working on it. They found out that most of the hits to their knowledge base come from google and not thru their homepage search or MSN, in fact MSN returns less hits than google for MS searches :D. But they have new programmers that are expected to fix the problems. I forget where those programmers originally worked, but they are supposidly top notch.

    (The above is from a MS rep that I had the chance to talk with a few weeks ago)

    EDIT: woops, I forgot to say my pref. I use google for everything. Except for scientific journals, that I use pubmed so I can use my universities subscription (pay articles)
     
    qwester, May 24, 2006
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    What? Nobody Asks Jeeves anymore?
     
    olyteddy, May 25, 2006
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    Google, easy to use, simple, powerful search engine, very accurate
     
    wobble987, May 26, 2006
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