CivRulez07
Warlord
Lately, Bing has been getting a lot of buzz about it's search results. So, from your own personal experience, what is the best search engine?
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Aramazd
Deity
Google, although Bing is better for plane tickets and restaurants.
Interesting link someone posted on another forum:
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/
It shows search results from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, but it doesn't tell you which is which.
Interesting link someone posted on another forum:
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/
It shows search results from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, but it doesn't tell you which is which.
Mise
isle of lucy
I only ever use google. I don't see a need to use another search engine because google always gets me what I want 
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
google cus its what firefox has by default. Although now that I think about it, I rarely if ever go to www.google.com anymore. Its just so much easier to type what I need in the url bar.
I only ever use google. I don't see a need to use another search engine because google always gets me what I want
Every time?
Lately, I've been using Bing when Google doesn't get what I want on the first try. It catches what I want a lot of the time, but I suspect the situation would be similar if I was using Bing first, with Google as the backup.
Mise
isle of lucy
Pretty much - I can't remember the last time I searched for something and didn't find it. I suppose that's because I know after so many years using the internet what I can find on search engines and what I can't, and so only search for things I know I can find easily...
That's a good point, it's also interesting how much more effective some people are at finding stuff on the web simply because they have a better idea of what to use as keywords for searches.
However, there are still some searches I'd expect Google to get, that it doesn't.
One thing I've noticed is that sometimes I'm searching for the homepage of a site, and google will bring me a bunch of subpages from the site, without linking to the actual homepage.
However, there are still some searches I'd expect Google to get, that it doesn't.
One thing I've noticed is that sometimes I'm searching for the homepage of a site, and google will bring me a bunch of subpages from the site, without linking to the actual homepage.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I've been playing with Bing a bit, I'm not particularly impressed, but I'm willing to give it some time.
El Koeno
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I picked Google most often. But I couldn't think of any tough searches... Just my name and home town etc.
If you search for "penis", one of them doesn't work.
BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
Google, because I use Firefox. Can't beat the integrated search bar.
You guys realize it takes <1 minute to swap that over to either Yahoo or Bing?
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
And why change when the default is already good enough? The only reason Id change the default search engine was if I had localization problems.
Any of the search engines are "good enough"; I'd much rather use the best one, and since it takes very little time to use any search engine, using the default because it's default is a poor reason for using the default as opposed to a different one.
CrushedIce
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I use Google, because it generally has a better page rank order. When you start using advanced features(like searching for exact pharses or ommitting keywords) Google kicks everything else's ass.
I find Dogpile to be an adpt name for it's owner. Yahoo ain't much better.
I find Dogpile to be an adpt name for it's owner. Yahoo ain't much better.
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
Wait, so you prove my point and contradicted yourself. If any of the engines are "good enough", why switch? They will all work fine.
At no point did I try to provide a reason to switch, I was just pointing out that "default" is a poor reason not to switch.
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