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Searching for these sorts of things is the one thing I still use Google for. Even when I'm not logged in, Google still does a better job with somewhat ambiguous
by glesica 13y ago
Searching for these sorts of things is the one thing I still use Google for. Even when I'm not logged in, Google still does a better job with somewhat ambiguous queries. That being said, it does a better job for me. When I search for "go" I'm looking for the programming language, not the game(s). Someone else might feel differently.
As an aside, whenever a new search engine comes out, or there is an update to an existing one (Bing, mostly), the test I always use is to search for "python" with no other search terms. If the results are dominated by articles about the animal (as was the case with Cuil a few years back) then the search engine and its weighting choices probably isn't a good fit for me, personally.
- clicks 13y agoRight, that's the point. Google will increasingly give you better results the more you use it because of data-tracking and search personalization.
- glesica 13y agoBut I'm talking about using Google anonymously, incognito. Sure, they might guess who I am from my IP address or font list or something weirder, so who knows. But assuming they don't know who I am, or at least act like they don't know who I am, Google still works better for certain types of query. I think this has to do with the way the software itself is tuned, or perhaps what their other customers search for.