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I think the thing the worst thing Google does right now is its search. I challenged myself to use Duck Duck Go (DDG) for a month and after a month I'm still usi

I think the thing the worst thing Google does right now is its search. I challenged myself to use Duck Duck Go (DDG) for a month and after a month I'm still using it. The only thing I miss about Google's search are the occasional fun Google logos on holidays. But that's it! There is no real difference. I still find the content I'm looking for, etc. What that tells me is that yes, there is great room for new search engines. I hear whispers about a super elite team at Google that does amazing algorithm work and data analysis work to keep their engine going, but at the same time I'm getting comparable results with Bing, DDG, etc. Several times people have posted a link to blind search where you see the results without the branding and it becomes difficult to discern the difference.

jim_shook 15y ago
Yeah I think Blekko had a search engine monte thing where you could run a search blindly across 3 engines and see which ones were best. At least for me, no search engine came up on top. The theory I'm working with is that its because they're all looking at the web as a series of web pages, instead of discrete objects or data. So like a search for "2 bedroom apartment in new york with a doorman" awkwardly brings me results of web pages (that are SEO-ed to the hilt :). Instead, don't I just want a series of apartments that match my criteria? And couldn't that data be fed from those offering this structured data in the first place such as Roomorama.com (the site I've been working on), or Airbnb or others? Thanks for the reply :)