I've been using Yahoo since about 1995 or 1996 (can't remember first time I used Google).
First off, the Google textbox is amazing. I like the fact that its centered on the page and surrounded by white. Quite frankly, links on webpages confuse me and due to my colorblindless, deciphering images is a struggle. I've been to some sites that use image files that are 5-20K in size but due to my 2400 baud dial-up modem they take forever to load. The trend for the internet seems to be slower connection speeds every year, so why keep using.JPG and.GIF images? Screens and screens of text is all I need. Oh, and Flash... at first I didn't have the plugin (only 2% of internet users have the flash plug-in) but after I installed it, I discovered I have epilepsy. Thanks Macromedia.
For me, Google is just a more useful website. I use Google on a daily basis to get the days latest news, stock quotes, maps, and email accounts.
The custom homepage on Google is a nice feature as well so I can place all the info thats important to me on one single webpage. Current AP News reports, my local news reports, sports scores of my favorite college and pro teams, stock portfolio, tv schedule for tonight, latest slashdot articles, tech reviews, snowfall reports from my local ski areas, ups package tracker etc..... this one page gets me up to date on whats going on pretty quick.
Google isn't just about amazing search results and news reports. Their Fantasy Sports games are the best around (plus they're free) and Google's Instant Messaging program is excellent since it doesn't require your friends to have AOL or AIM or CompuServe... again, its free.
Google maps is also very helpful for wayward travelers such as myself. I first started using Google maps in 1997 or 98 to print out driving directions. I have traversed numerous states for the first time with ONLY the Google maps driving directions and absolutly NO road maps or $1,000 GPS navigation devices. Very beneficial if you're driving alone and can't stop to read maps or handheld divices.
Google's finance section is also outstanding. Tons of centralized data that make it much easier to do research for investing.... [ remember the old annual books of corporate info... seems funny now!]
Yahoo on the otherhand always seems to be a step behind - sometimes coming out with similar technologies 3-4 years later!
Anyway, thats just my experience. If you haven't tried some of the features that I mentioned above, visit their websites at:
Google: www.yahoo.com
Yahoo: www.google.com
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I've been using Yahoo since about 1995 or 1996 (can't remember first time I used Google). First off, the Google textbox is amazing. I like the fact that its centered on the page and surrounded by white. Quite frankly, links on webpages confuse me and due to my colorblindless, deciphering images is a struggle. I've been to some sites that use image files that are 5-20K in size but due to my 2400 baud dial-up modem they take forever to load. The trend for the internet seems to be slower connection speeds every year, so why keep using .JPG and .GIF images? Screens and screens of text is all I need. Oh, and Flash... at first I didn't have the plugin (only 2% of internet users have the flash plug-in) but after I installed it, I discovered I have epilepsy. Thanks Macromedia.
For me, Google is just a more useful website. I use Google on a daily basis to get the days latest news, stock quotes, maps, and email accounts.
The custom homepage on Google is a nice feature as well so I can place all the info thats important to me on one single webpage. Current AP News reports, my local news reports, sports scores of my favorite college and pro teams, stock portfolio, tv schedule for tonight, latest slashdot articles, tech reviews, snowfall reports from my local ski areas, ups package tracker etc..... this one page gets me up to date on whats going on pretty quick.
Google isn't just about amazing search results and news reports. Their Fantasy Sports games are the best around (plus they're free) and Google's Instant Messaging program is excellent since it doesn't require your friends to have AOL or AIM or CompuServe... again, its free.
Google maps is also very helpful for wayward travelers such as myself. I first started using Google maps in 1997 or 98 to print out driving directions. I have traversed numerous states for the first time with ONLY the Google maps driving directions and absolutly NO road maps or $1,000 GPS navigation devices. Very beneficial if you're driving alone and can't stop to read maps or handheld divices.
Google's finance section is also outstanding. Tons of centralized data that make it much easier to do research for investing.... [ remember the old annual books of corporate info... seems funny now!]
Yahoo on the otherhand always seems to be a step behind - sometimes coming out with similar technologies 3-4 years later!
Anyway, thats just my experience. If you haven't tried some of the features that I mentioned above, visit their websites at:
Google: www.yahoo.com
Yahoo: www.google.com