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It's difficult to think of a search term that will "stress test" a new search engine. I literally search Google anywhere from 20-100 times a day by using Ctrl+K
by abossy 17y ago
It's difficult to think of a search term that will "stress test" a new search engine. I literally search Google anywhere from 20-100 times a day by using Ctrl+K in my browser. If that could be substituted by search engine X (where X, in this case, is Duck Duck Go) such that the results were much more precise, then that would be a basis for switching. It works, though, and it's built-in, so why switch? I don't feel one can get a promising measure of how good a search engine's results are with random queries, only how BAD they are (e.g. Cuil returning no results for "basic" queries).
- ericb 17y agoI would argue dirty terms are good for test purposes as they are heavily gamed, because there is so much money at stake. The "boobs" searches mentioned in the article might not be solely for the obvious reason. "Mesothelioma" results would be worth testing.