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The Linux distillery Google, Bing, Yahoo! - which is the best?
The Linux distillery Google, Bing, Yahoo! - which is the best? | Google, Bing, Yahoo! - which is the best? |
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| by David M Williams | |
| Monday, 14 September 2009 | |
  
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Use BlindSearch by typing in a typical web query. The application then returns three columns, being the top ten results as given by Google, Bing and Yahoo!. The source of the results is not displayed and the order of the columns is random, so you do not know which engine delivered which set of results. This means you are not employing any subconscious bias based on any branding accompanying the results. While you can simply click away at the 30 results given, BlindSearch encourages you to rate which column you believe had the best matches. As soon as you indicate your preference, the search engine names are revealed and you can discover if your preferred search engine was the winner, or if you might consider it time to switch loyalties. There are some minor deficiencies in BlindSearch, the most obvious being lack of localisation. All searches take place from the BlindSearch server and consequently are executed as United States searches originating from the U.S. Additionally, other components of the search engine experience are missing, notably image thumbnails, cached results and other elements. Nevertheless, it is an interesting application and may change your views on search engine performance. Kordahi encourages feedback and points out while he works for Microsoft this is not a Microsoft project and has no bias towards Bing. |
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