Interesting …. yeah the “metasearch” space is full of some good stuff too … i’ve dabbled it in less but didn’t find it very exciting at all :)
Google has a significant marketshare at least in North America … Baidu and some others are big players in other markets … I firmly believe though that Google isn’t king …. it’s the most popular and it’s a huge “dog in the neighbourhood” for sure…. > On Oct 27, 2016, at 6:36 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > About 5+ years ago, I had a friend that built a search engine front end. You > would input your search, and it would query Google, Yahoo, MSN and a few > others, and then based on the results from all of them, rank the results you > would see based on how the other engines saw the world. It was very fast and > actually produced some amazing results. > > He never did anything with it, and I'm pretty sure it has since died a slow > death. Google has the majority of searches now because everyone knows the > name, everyone references it (even on TV shows, movies, etc)... and it's a > unique name that everyone remembers. It's also easy to type on a keyboard. LOL > > Travis > > > On 10/27/2016 4:26 PM, Paul Stewart wrote: >> Interesting and thanks… >> >> Have you ever tried Gigablast for example? (www.gigablast.com >> <http://www.gigablast.com/>) It’s a great example in my opinion of an >> “alternative” search engine that typically provides good results … I also >> find that DuckDuckGo (www.duckduckgo.com <http://www.duckduckgo.com/>) >> providers better results on searches than Google. >> >> The challenge is that everyone is so used to Google whether it’s actually >> better or not - it’s the benchmark to beat sometimes….. >> >> Thanks again, >> Paul >> >>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Simon Westlake <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> The only way I would use something else would be if it offered me something >>> beyond what Google does. I've tried others, and the search results are >>> often inferior, or the same, which doesn't leave me with much reason to use >>> anything other than Google. >>> >>> I'd happily use a better product if it was offered, but I think that's >>> probably a tall order. >>> >>> On 10/27/2016 4:07 PM, Paul Stewart wrote: >>>> Hey folks… I’ve been trying to figure out lately where to ask this >>>> question …. >>>> >>>> I have a long time hobby of working around search engines … actually >>>> building them, coding them, scaling them etc…. various open source, >>>> homebuilt, and commercial offerings I’ve used…. >>>> >>>> This is probably 20 years I’ve been “dabbling” in this space and seen a >>>> huge change in how search engines are perceived, utilized etc…. >>>> >>>> My question that I’m looking for feedback on, knowing that this group is >>>> extremely good at feedback is this: >>>> >>>> When you use a search engine, do you ever think of using something other >>>> than Google? (ie. Bing, Duckduckgo) >>>> Do you feel a search engine that is country specific is something that you >>>> would go out of your way to use … or just use whatever is in your browser >>>> and don’t care? >>>> Is privacy of what you search for on a search engine of concern at all? >>>> >>>> thanks - this helps me a great deal … >>>> >>>> I’m considering launching a project involving a search engine and >>>> challenged with what it’s primary focus should be …. :) >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Simon Westlake >>> Skype: Simon_Sonar >>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Phone: (702) 447-1247 >>> --------------------------- >>> Sonar Software Inc >>> The future of ISP billing and OSS >>> https://sonar.software <https://sonar.software/> >
