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BBC Magazine's Search-Engine Shootout

An anonymous reader writes "On BBC Online's excellent Magazine, there is a shootout between Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves. Search tests were conducted on five criteria: an obscure fact; multiple meanings of "raleigh"; speed; and current time in Sydney. Yahoo! is the fastest of the lot. Google has the cleanest interface. MSN Search fared worst of all. Jeeves is the apparent winner for features like related search. (Author claims to be a Google nut.)" This may be the nicest thing anyone's ever said about Jeeves.

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  1. Re:How long until relevance engines are commoditie by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're posting on slashdot. This makes your opinion in that regard irrelevant. :P

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  2. asanine-suggestions-from-jeeves-the-idiot-butler by pjt33 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did the people who modded that down read the department?