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Objectively Comparing Competing Search Engines?
aendeuryu asks: "My default search engine of choice is, like most of you I assume, Google. That said, some complaints about Google over the years do seem to have some merit -- basically, that sometimes the indices aren't always updated, that it's too easy to manipulate via googlebombing or legislation, and that maybe too many of its featured services never get out of beta stage. Maybe the fact that Google has gone so long without significant competition is enough to make one at least begin to ask questions about it possibly becoming stagnant. Personally, I'm so used to doing things the Google way (and achieving acceptable results quickly) that I'm not really interested in switching -- case in point, all the above links referenced were quickly found via Google. However, what am I missing out on by not giving (for example) Yahoo search a shot? Or, more to the point, how would one go about trying to effectively and objectively compare competing search engines? In what areas have people found Google to have become obsolete for their purposes? Have less ignorant people than myself figured out ways to test a competing search engine's efficacy for themselves?"
Personally I would like to see an edition of google to allows for questions, similar to an ask jeeves.
Google blah blah blah. Linux blah blah blah. Google blah blah blah? Blah Blah [wikipedia.org] Blah. Blah? Google Blah? Blah?
This story came from "oogling-others-against-google dept." WTF? Is there seriously nothing interesting out there anymore? What happened to all the geeks and nerds who build or run into cool stuff and talk about their experience?
You made me wonder... how come nobody came up with a pr0n search engine yet? It could be called Goatsearch, and maybe even get an address like Goatsear.ch (well, I don't think the Chinese govt would like that)... man, that sounds like instant success.