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AllTheWeb Claims Bigger Index Than Google
An anonymous readers writes: "Hoping to attract more mass appeal for an online search engine with a cult following, Norwegian search engine AlltheWeb on Monday declared that it indexes more Internet information than longtime pacesetter Google. Boston.com has the story." Of course, pages indexed is not the only measure of a search engine and probably isn't even the most important.
Well, I think this might finally answer the question I have been wondering about my love of google for a long time.
Do I love google because it's so simple and easy to use with very quick download times and simple graphic interfaces, and good search algorithms that more often then not give me the sites that I am looking for in one page.
or Do I love google because it has a ton of useful sites logged in its database including all copies, half sites, under construction sites, etc.?
I am willing to say that's it's likely the first one, and I think that it might be that for most other people.
But either way, it'll be neat to see what AllTheWeb.com does well.
~ kjrose
The ultimate test: how many webpages about me:
;^)
Google: 185
AllTheWeb: 57
I'll stick with google. It indexes more interesting stuff.
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Well, I was pretty happy with the results of a search on my name...happier than with Google in that once case, though that's but a single tiny datapoint.
In any case, it would be terrific to have a viable alternative to Google...despite Google's almost unnerving ability to do *so* many things Right, it is good to have somewhere to turn just in case something went wrong there. Not having a monoculture (which is what we're almost on the verge of with Google) is generally a good thing.
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The story says AlltheWeb.com is owned by a Norwegian company. Should people really support a socialist Scandinavian country? Any real American should only use capitalist homeland-based search engines, like Google or MSN Search. Like Bush says, "You're either with us or against us." Only a traitor would go against Bush's wisdom. What are you, AN AMERICAN TALIBAN?
Windows declares itself better than linux, ...
:)
Gnome declares itself better than KDE
Emacs declares itself better than VI
PHP declares itself better than Perl
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Google: 63,500,000
AllTheWeb: 25,435,205
I think I'll stick with Google :o)
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For those who are unable to reach AllTheWeb here is the homepage through the usual Google cache.
The reason I'm for Google has little to do with technology. It has everything to do with advertisements and capitalism.
;-).
I'd rather support a company that uses subtle advertisements like Google does than a company that uses in your face banner ads, etc. (Then again I'm posting on Slashdot!) Also I make a point to check out the ads evey now and then on Google and visit the company's site. I may be getting hosting from an advertiser on Google soon.
If people who advertise on Google make more money than they do with banner ads, pop-ups, etc. then we'll see the idea spread. I don't like in-my-face ads, so I do what I can to tell companies that. It's called being a responsible consumer.
Plus more valid hits come up when I search for myself on Google