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Blekko Gets a Million Searches a Day. Only behind Google and Bing.

25 points by rblion 16y ago

iworkforthem 16y ago
The searched results are surprising good! But I'm not sure how they will handle blackhat SEO, especially they allow users to apply as editor much like domz.org
yewweitan 16y ago
Yeah, I'll second the quality of the searches. Especially those where you know what you're looking for (obscure programming docs and forum/group chat logs for one) Great to see that level of success. I hope it's not due to the novelty of this, and I'm sure we're bound to see adoption slowly creep up with this slashtag business (and probably some similar stuff from Google as well)
LiveTheDream 16y ago
> Blekko, a well-funded new search engine that aims to be No. 3 behind Google and Bing Inaccurate title; it implies Blekko is currently the #3 search engine while the article states this is just an aim. (They are probably aiming to be higher than 3. Shoot for the moon, might catch a star, right?). Glad I heard about it though. Interesting idea on slashtags; seems very roughly similar to some of DDG's !bang commands. [1] http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/10/comScore_Releases_September_2010_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/10/comS...
- rblion 16y ago
  oops. won't let me change it. we will survive somehow...
leppie 16y ago
370KB for a search engine landing page is ludicrous.
- robk 16y ago
  I especially hate this when I'm forced to use the Blackberry browser. It makes me feel the pain of every unnecessary kb!
  - leppie 16y ago
    With a litte context a 56k modem would take over 70 seconds to load the page (if nothing have been cached, like landing on it the first time). As a blackberry user, I probably would have thought the site was broken :)
TamDenholm 16y ago
"Only behind Google and Bing" Are there any other search engines? Most others are either obsolete or niche.
- hitonagashi 16y ago
  Duck Duck Go
- iampims 16y ago
  Until yesterday, Ask.com was number 3.
- meric 16y ago
  Did I miss something happening to yahoo? http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=yahoo+search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8 http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=yahoo+search&fr=yfp-... Yahoo search still up?
  - TamDenholm 16y ago
    Yahoo turned their search over to bing. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/yahoo-gives-up/ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/yahoo-gives-up/
vaksel 16y ago
i think these numbers are kinda pointless since there is so much buzz for it. Give it 2-3 months and we'll see if people actually switch to it permanently
iuguy 16y ago
Is this another Cuil trying to follow Google or is it looking to do something different like Wolfram Alpha and Duck Duck Go? Personally I still use Google for 90% of my day to day searching, but I'm trying harder to use Duck Duck Go where I can.
tomjen3 16y ago
Given that the only reason to use Bing is to find the address for google chrome when I reinstall xp, why would I ever care about this? And in addition the headline is a joke -- google properly does that many searches a minute. Blekko isn't even an also ran.
zitterbewegung 16y ago
I would wait at least 6months to a year to see if blekko is still relevant or used. Iirc cuil did ok when they first launched also.
MichaelGG 16y ago
Search quality is still somewhat lacking: F# download's top result is an old build from 2008. After that, it appears to be some spammy software download sites. F# generic comparison #10 result is "Sun Emporium boys swim trunks - Compare online at Bizrate.co.uk". It also suggests an autocorrect to "F# genetic comparison".

25 points by rblion 16y ago

The searched results are surprising good! But I'm not sure how they will handle blackhat SEO, especially they allow users to apply as editor much like domz.org

yewweitan 16y ago

Yeah, I'll second the quality of the searches. Especially those where you know what you're looking for (obscure programming docs and forum/group chat logs for one) Great to see that level of success. I hope it's not due to the novelty of this, and I'm sure we're bound to see adoption slowly creep up with this slashtag business (and probably some similar stuff from Google as well)

LiveTheDream 16y ago

> Blekko, a well-funded new search engine that aims to be No. 3 behind Google and Bing Inaccurate title; it implies Blekko is currently the #3 search engine while the article states this is just an aim. (They are probably aiming to be higher than 3. Shoot for the moon, might catch a star, right?). Glad I heard about it though. Interesting idea on slashtags; seems very roughly similar to some of DDG's !bang commands. [1] http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/10/comScore_Releases_September_2010_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings http://comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/10/comS...

rblion 16y ago
oops. won't let me change it. we will survive somehow...

leppie 16y ago

370KB for a search engine landing page is ludicrous.

robk 16y ago
I especially hate this when I'm forced to use the Blackberry browser. It makes me feel the pain of every unnecessary kb!
- leppie 16y ago
  With a litte context a 56k modem would take over 70 seconds to load the page (if nothing have been cached, like landing on it the first time). As a blackberry user, I probably would have thought the site was broken :)

TamDenholm 16y ago

"Only behind Google and Bing" Are there any other search engines? Most others are either obsolete or niche.

hitonagashi 16y ago
Duck Duck Go
iampims 16y ago
Until yesterday, Ask.com was number 3.
meric 16y ago
Did I miss something happening to yahoo? http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=yahoo+search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8 http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=yahoo+search&fr=yfp-... Yahoo search still up?
- TamDenholm 16y ago
  Yahoo turned their search over to bing. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/yahoo-gives-up/ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/yahoo-gives-up/

vaksel 16y ago

i think these numbers are kinda pointless since there is so much buzz for it. Give it 2-3 months and we'll see if people actually switch to it permanently

iuguy 16y ago

Is this another Cuil trying to follow Google or is it looking to do something different like Wolfram Alpha and Duck Duck Go? Personally I still use Google for 90% of my day to day searching, but I'm trying harder to use Duck Duck Go where I can.

tomjen3 16y ago

Given that the only reason to use Bing is to find the address for google chrome when I reinstall xp, why would I ever care about this? And in addition the headline is a joke -- google properly does that many searches a minute. Blekko isn't even an also ran.

zitterbewegung 16y ago

I would wait at least 6months to a year to see if blekko is still relevant or used. Iirc cuil did ok when they first launched also.

MichaelGG 16y ago

Search quality is still somewhat lacking: F# download's top result is an old build from 2008. After that, it appears to be some spammy software download sites. F# generic comparison #10 result is "Sun Emporium boys swim trunks - Compare online at Bizrate.co.uk". It also suggests an autocorrect to "F# genetic comparison".