I was wondering what search engine all of you use. Do you have a favorite that you highly recommend to others? Do you like certain features with certain engines?

I always use Google, and it is PC Magazine's Editor's Choice. I especially like its image search feature.

Google, definitely:)

Yup, 99% of the time Google.

Of course Google.
I didn't even know that there are so many of them.

Google mainly - but Alltheweb still throws up pages that google doesnt. i used to use Hotbot a lot too.

Google because it is convinently built into Opera.

Google. I used to search with go2net before, but google is so much better.

I use Google the most often.

I tried using alltheweb and it did give me better results, but didn't check the spelling in my search. So it's back to Google.

Well, Google's the most popular, as I expected, but I didn't know it was going to be such a landslide... :eek: I was sure that there might be at least a few Yahoo, AlltheWeb, and AOL users...

Well, used most often. All of us might have used Alltheweb, or Yahoo, or AOL once in a while, but never all the time...

Originally posted by col
Google mainly - but Alltheweb still throws up pages that google doesnt. i used to use Hotbot a lot too.
I love that feature, just write 'g ' and what you want to search for...

Originally posted by WillJ
Well, Google's the most popular, as I expected, but I didn't know it was going to be such a landslide... :eek: I was sure that there might be at least a few Yahoo, AlltheWeb, and AOL users...
Well, the poll is in a way it has to give these results. Maybe a multiple-choice one might have been better. :mischief:

Usually Google, more than sometimes Yahoo, escpecially because I want directory hits first there and rarely a German one.

I started with Webcrawler, then Excite, Lycos and Yahoo. After Yahoo did not feature the "Search More: Google Excite ..." links at the end of the page, I completely turned to Google. :yeah:

Oh, and of course I pretty often use the search engines on Astalavista. :mischief:
:D

Google nowadays, after hearing all you CFC'ers raving about it... :)

There. . . did it. Voted for Yahoo. I use the Yahoo Companion, and it has the search thingy right there on top of explorer. Sometimes I use google when using NC, but for the most part, yahoo. I think they go through google, as I get a bunch of the same results. . .

indead: yahoo is powerd by google. Sometimes I use Yahoo becouse the catigoreys look better and seem easyer to navigate. ofcource I never tried navigating catigories in google.

Yahoo is not powered by Google anymore, IIRC. I think it was powered by Overture a while ago, then Inktomi. I'm not exactly sure, though...Originally posted by Lucky
Well, the poll is in a way it has to give these results. Maybe a multiple-choice one might have been better. :mischief:But I meant that I thought there would be a bit more people that used other search engines, even as their main choice.

Google. You mean there are other search engines? :)

I like Google, they have special search-bars, and a googe-labs page with some real cool things, maybe all you google users should check it out!

I don't know the URL, but type Google Labs into the google search engine and it'll appear in the list.

Google. :D

I have never failed to find anything I wanted/needed through Google.

I use google

My Opera uses Alltheweb as it's search engine on the dropdown box thing.

Google wasn't around forever, while I've used Yahoo for many years. However, Yahoo really IS powered by Google, and they produce the same search results.

Still... I use Yahoo more, because it's a habit. You know, I've been typing that address whenever I need to find something for the last 7 years, so...

I use Google mostley because it's built in with the browsers Phoenix and Opera.

www.metacrawler.com Its relatively unheard of, but i like it.

I started with altavista when I first went online and also Yahoo. Then I used Lycos quite often. Since 4 or 5 years it's only Google for me though...

I go to spray.se, I think they use lycos

Years ago, Google was recommended by the Wall Street Journal. I've been hooked ever since. It's even my homepage. How sad. ;-)

Currently Google is definitely my favorite search engine. Some years ago (in the pre-Google era) I used to use AskJeeves a lot, but then they decided to change the way it works. Can't remember exactly what it was but it was in the same period as Google was starting so I gave that a try and was convinced immediately:D

I started with altavista when I first went online

Likewise, but i turned to google when i got more "comfortable" with the internet. It's also alot easier to type in the address bar than any other search engine (thats the reason i use it) :)

GOOGLE!!! :D

Google is my fave

Haha! Looks like Google is kicking the crap out of everything else. Nothing like finding a post you're looking for on Civfanatics than by Googling for it! ;)

google :love:
it even compensates for spelling mistakes like http://www.gooogle.com

www.ixquick.com (http://www.ixquick.com) http://www.straland.com/images/smilies/yeah.gif I'm most happy with their results. They catagorize the results; very handy!

Google of course.

You forgot excite search. www.excite.com

Originally posted by WillJ
Yahoo is not powered by Google anymore, IIRC. I think it was powered by Overture a while ago, then Inktomi. I'm not exactly sure, though...But I meant that I thought there would be a bit more people that used other search engines, even as their main choice.

Nope, still powered by Google. I use Yahoo for regular searches, but Google for that nice image thingy.

Yahoo, that way i can get my news w/out having to click more. Call it habit if you like.

Originally posted by bladester
I have never failed to find anything I wanted/needed through Google.

Well, I have so failed. Rare but it happens...

When that happens, I go to The MetaMonk (http://www.metamonk.de)

It's not a search engine in itself, but it lets you use many search engines with the same search pattern. It's also multilingual.

Dead handy (if a pain to cut and paste from - maybe I should work out how to do this more easily).

Originally posted by John Bull
google :love:
it even compensates for spelling mistakes like http://www.gooogle.com And look at what typing in www.willj.com gives you!