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i`ve always used yahoo.

if i cant find result there sometimes i head to google just for a diff attempt.

 

 

I`d still say Google dominates.  Do your web stats say Yahoo?

Hands down, on every site in my analytics account, Google wins -- by far.

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This is not about who is the most dominant. Everybody knows that Google is the dominant search engine. The question was who delivers better search results, Google or Yahoo?

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Same here. I use Yahoo 90% of the time.

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" The question was who delivers better search results, Google or Yahoo? "

My thoughts ..

I guess that statement is subjective ....  What is perceived as better would be different from person to person.   It goes back to who do you like ... the google guys or the yahoo guys.  There is a reason why Google is supposed to be the dominant search engine.  The algorithms built by those two dudes are way too advanced than the rest out there.. 

After getting into Google, never went back to anything else..

cheers

Prashant

 

Lets say I want to find something hard to find, about politics. Go to google and type `politics hard to find` (no quotes) do the same in Yahoo, neither gives me anything I can use here. They are both useless ;-)

Ok so let`s test the engine`s "understanding of intent" so I type `Pacific war` on both, they both give returns for the US/Japan war. However if I type it in Spanish `Guerra del Pacifico` (no quotes) they both give me plenty of results for the Peruvian-Bolivian/Chilean war of 1879. Seems they both passed.

Now let`s put them to the test using a term in one language with a well known meaning imported to another and commonly used with a different meaning (after 1.5 centuries). So, I type in "Americana history of the word" (no quotes), neither understands exactly what I was looking for but Yahoo makes a much better attempt at deciphering it, Google simply gives results where the terms have been used, disregarding (or not taking into account) the content in which they were used. So it`s fair to say that Yahoo is a `better` search engine in that regard.

Now, knowing the limitations of the programs I can (and do) tailor my searches to get better results. Because Google gives much greater results using brute force and I can use my knowledge to sift through those result Google works better for me most of the time. But, think we just demonstrated that Yahoo is a better engine in and of itself.

Interestingly.... Yahoo today (10/2/07) unveiled a significantly updated version of its online search engine in a bid to remain competitive with its increasingly dominant foe, Google. The new Yahoo Search, previously codenamed Panama, introduces features like Universal Search, which aggregates different content types into search results. This is a significant step forward, but it`s also one that was previously taken by search providers such as Google and Microsoft.

The improvements to Yahoo Search are somewhat impressive. The service now sports an attractive drop-down box that appears as you type, offering spelling fixes and suggestions based on what you`re typing. Search results pages include embedded video, photos from Yahoo`s extensive Flickr collection, and results that are customized for specific types of searches, such as those for celebrities, musical artists, and news.

Looks like Yahoo is playing catch up.

~Roland

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Roland, I`ll have to check that out. I haven`t used Yahoo in a while.

But ... it`s also making me think that maybe I should make my Flickr photos private ... hmm.


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