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I've seen this link a couple of times a while ago when Bing launched. Most commenters said: "Hey, look! In a blind test Yahoo and Bing are just as good as Googl

by nimbix 17y ago

I've seen this link a couple of times a while ago when Bing launched. Most commenters said: "Hey, look! In a blind test Yahoo and Bing are just as good as Google!". What they forgot, though, was that being just as good is not good enough for most of us to switch. Google didn't gain its market share by being just as good as HotBot and AltaVista. It did it by being much, much better.

mynameishere 17y ago
If microsoft and yahoo are much worse than google, then they have 101 problems. If they are roughly as good, then they have 1 problem: Pushing it forward one bit more. Anyway, I actually use different engines now and then, and for the most part they're all the same. For complicated/obscure stuff, google is still considerably better. For mom and pop I'm not sure that matters though. Google's clearest advantage is its unbelievable speed, which is great for news/current topics. A test, here's a string that doesn't return results in google: conquistador monkey bakery laughter confusion fear hatred love citizen kane mantra manhatten mongrel montell carebear (Yes I had to string together that many words. Carebear broke the fucker's back.) Anyway, I'll check back and see how long it takes the various engines to pick it up. Google will be first. I predict about 30 minutes. It's 10:50 right now. ED: 11:00 nothing; 11.11 nothing; 11:35 nothing (looks like my prediction was wrong); 12:31 nothing. Things are going horribly awry.
- nimbix 17y ago
  I'm not sure about comments, but I have also noticed myself that Google can be surprisingly quick at picking up new submissions.
  - Scriptor 17y ago
    It already has the poll about whether yc startups use Django, Rails, PHP, or other.
- mynameishere 17y ago
  ED: 1:32 nothing, 2:54 nothing.
  - gojomo 17y ago
    Just now, ["search engine do you choose in the blind test"] does show this HN item, about place 16, as of "5 hours ago". So maybe you just missed out because it made its first visit before your comment.
    - mynameishere 17y ago
      Yep, I get that at position #11. It's strange because my test string is still nowhere in sight. Multiple indexes, I guess. ED: 4:36 nothing; going to bed
      - mynameishere 17y ago
        ED: 11:35 google has it.
- catzaa 17y ago
  Works now for what it is worth: Hacker News | If microsoft and yahoo are much worse than google ... ... doesn't return results in google: conquistador monkey bakery laughter confusion fear hatred love citizen kane mantra manhatten mongrel montell carebear ... news.ycombinator.com/item?id=750236 - 10 hours ago - Similar -
catzaa 17y ago
That is true. But google also got a lot of problems. One of the biggest is spam. I hate it when you search for something and the site you get is just a listing of your search terms.

by nimbix 17y ago

mynameishere 17y ago

If microsoft and yahoo are much worse than google, then they have 101 problems. If they are roughly as good, then they have 1 problem: Pushing it forward one bit more. Anyway, I actually use different engines now and then, and for the most part they're all the same. For complicated/obscure stuff, google is still considerably better. For mom and pop I'm not sure that matters though. Google's clearest advantage is its unbelievable speed, which is great for news/current topics. A test, here's a string that doesn't return results in google: conquistador monkey bakery laughter confusion fear hatred love citizen kane mantra manhatten mongrel montell carebear (Yes I had to string together that many words. Carebear broke the fucker's back.) Anyway, I'll check back and see how long it takes the various engines to pick it up. Google will be first. I predict about 30 minutes. It's 10:50 right now. ED: 11:00 nothing; 11.11 nothing; 11:35 nothing (looks like my prediction was wrong); 12:31 nothing. Things are going horribly awry.

nimbix 17y ago
I'm not sure about comments, but I have also noticed myself that Google can be surprisingly quick at picking up new submissions.
- Scriptor 17y ago
  It already has the poll about whether yc startups use Django, Rails, PHP, or other.
mynameishere 17y ago
ED: 1:32 nothing, 2:54 nothing.
- gojomo 17y ago
  Just now, ["search engine do you choose in the blind test"] does show this HN item, about place 16, as of "5 hours ago". So maybe you just missed out because it made its first visit before your comment.
  - mynameishere 17y ago
    Yep, I get that at position #11. It's strange because my test string is still nowhere in sight. Multiple indexes, I guess. ED: 4:36 nothing; going to bed
    - mynameishere 17y ago
      ED: 11:35 google has it.
catzaa 17y ago
Works now for what it is worth: Hacker News | If microsoft and yahoo are much worse than google ... ... doesn't return results in google: conquistador monkey bakery laughter confusion fear hatred love citizen kane mantra manhatten mongrel montell carebear ... news.ycombinator.com/item?id=750236 - 10 hours ago - Similar -

catzaa 17y ago

That is true. But google also got a lot of problems. One of the biggest is spam. I hate it when you search for something and the site you get is just a listing of your search terms.