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Bing and Yahoo yield higher "percentage of search queries that result in a visit to a website". I often use google's built-in calculator, flight status and defi
by Irene 15y ago
Bing and Yahoo yield higher "percentage of search queries that result in a visit to a website". I often use google's
built-in calculator, flight status and definition queries. This means I am "finding relevant information" without finding a website. Does it make google less efficient? I do not think so.
- Jebdm 15y agoAlso, I frequently find the information I'm looking for in the blurb from the website and so don't bother to click through. (Or I view the cached version.)
- seats 15y agoEven better, sometimes google instant answers my question before I even see search results.
- kenjackson 15y agoBing also has a built-in calculator, flight status, and definition queries. I'm not sure there's any data that suggests whether or not it is used more or less often from Google or Bing.
- jessriedel 15y agoThis was my first thought too, but I would guess that normal searches make up >95% of searches (averaged over the mostly non-technical population). So I don't think this can explain the discrepancy. Could use some good data.