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A web search engine exists to do one main function: to assist users of the World Wide Web (internet) search for the information they need. We have become so used to search engines that we now rarely think about them as applications. Instead they are now seen as an integral part of the web. Please pause for a moment and imagine what the online world would be without search engines. Do you see my point? The internet is now unthinkable without the search engines!
Launched in the mid-seventies, the history of web search engines has Google as the eighteenth entrant in its application genre. Familiar names such as Dogpile, Magellan, Lycos, and AltaVista as its brother-applications predate it. Interestingly, all of the foregoing now hardly make a dent on the leadership which Google now enjoys. Magellan and many others have even been obliterated from the net and are now just part of online history.
A simple Alexa.Com check as I write this article has Google at the number one position– in terms of traffic rank in both worldwide and the US. Yahoo! is currently in number 4-worldwide, number 3-in the US, while MSN (Microsoft Network) is in number 9-worldwide, number 13-in the US.
About the Top Three Search Engines
MSN search has actually been recently renamed as Bing and re-launched by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on 28 May 2009. It has also been previously known by at least two other names: Live Search and Windows Live Search. Recent changes to its interface have been the inclusion of an “Explorer pane” which deploys a semantic algorithm technology that Microsoft bought from a little-known company called Powerset.
Yahoo! search was originally a web directory of online websites, presented in a hierarchical structure. Later in the later 1990s, it evolved to have a search interface. In 2001 its search-algorithm was one that came from a company called Inktomi; then later it even used the Google search-algorithm until 2004, when it began to use its own search “machine.” In 29 July 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined forces, that they now have the Bing algorithm in common.
Google was created by partners Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who launched it on 15 September 1997. From a two-man operation, Google has grown to become the multi-billion company that it is today. The Google Search facility currently provides 22 special features which are beyond the original word-search capability. It integrates inclusions such as weather, stock quotes, time zones, sport scores, unit conversion, currency conversion, calculator, numeric ranges, dictionary lookup, maps, and many others. Basic options on its search facility such as Search Syntax, Query Expansion have made it the most used search engine worldwide. Its “I’m Feeling Lucky” option (according to estimates costs Google $110 million a year)– bypasses all advertising. Maybe Google considers the amount as a nice annual gift to the online community for making it number one.
Is It Still the Best Search Engine?
In terms of query volume, Google enjoys a whooping 85.35% share. Yahoo! garners a token 6.15% while Bing/MSN has an even lower 3.16%. Clearly Google remains the market leader; which is why online searches have become synonymous with a Google search. People now even say “Google it”– to mean conduct a web search for something. With its overwhelming popularity and irrefutable market leadership, effectiveness and ease of use, the Google Search engine is the clear choice of the majority of web users worldwide. The question, “Is Google Still the Best Search Engine?” therefore has an easy answer. Yes– it still (undeniably) is.
“Who’s playing against OSU this week?”
“I don’t know. I’ll Google it.”
Although Google is the only search engine to pop up as a part of speech in Webster’s, the search engine giant has been feeling the heat from competitor, Bing. Our first whiffs of Bing came from word association TV spots that made us laugh but got us thinking: what IS this thing?
So we Googled it. And what we found was a slick screen and a search bar, leaving us with a new question: how is this any different from Google?
What’s the difference?
To start off, Bing’s homepage differs from Google by keeping it interesting with its ever changing photo. However, Google’s plain screen has its advantages. The all-white look is sleeker, making it seem less cluttered. Users feel like they’re starting with a clean slate.
Once a search is conducted, Google brings up a litany of results ranked from most to least relevant. It’s new Google Instant feature attempts to give users that extra push towards more specific searches to make the more relevant searcher even MORE relevant. Bing takes a slightly different approach by categorizing answers into instant answers, deep links, multimedia and other relevant categories. This targets user results and makes them easier to shift through. Google does provide results filter options on its SERP, but the user must filter the results manually.
When it comes to Google vs. Bing, it’s hard to say which is “better”. In the end it depends on what you’re looking for in terms of search.
More than results
If you want to go beyond getting good results, Google has the upper hand on the extra “stuff”. Things like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk and Google Reader make it easier for Google to keep users coming back. If you’re chatting with a friend on GChat and need to look up some info before sharing a presentation from your Google Docs, no doubt Google will be on the brain.
Staying on the SERP
Many users find the ability to stay with their SERP important. Bing wins out with these users as it provides ways to preview results without leaving the SERP. There is even an option to share the previewed result via Facebook, Twitter or over e-mail. Bing’s video search plays videos when the cursor crosses over them, allowing users to see what they video is about without having to open a larger video or leave the SERP. Similarly, its image results bring up a results bar on the left side of the screen after a result is chosen. Although Google is comparative in filtering both videos and images, Bing keeps users on the SERP, making them happy.
Quantity of results
Google still outranks Bing in the overall quantity of results pulled. However, this does not mean each result is as relevant as the results Bing provides.
Travel Searching
Bing’s travel search options trump Google in a big way. Bing has a separate SERP for travel searching that provides all the info you need to book your flight or hotel. Google trails by only sending the user to a new travel site like Expedia or Travelocity.
Mobile Searching
Google stays on top when it comes to mobile searching. With mobile search becoming the dominant way of searching, Google wins here. Being the default search engine in the newest smartphones has its benefits.
Maps
In terms of location searching, Google and Bing are in a deadlock. Although Google was first to come out with its maps and Street View, Bing came back with comparable maps and the Bird’s Eye View. When it comes down to it, location searching depends on brand loyalty.
So, which is better?
Bing and Google have their wins and losses, but which is better? Again, it does depend on what you want. If you prefer more time on your SERP and targeted results, Bing is your go-to. However, if you’d like to chat, share docs, e-mail and get more results, Google’s got what you need. Essentially, Bing may do search better but Google does it more.
Google Search Engine had been used by people from a longer time period and at the same time its history of the search engine had been laid back from about 1945. This came into being from a lot of effort of two students and thus after the approval of their efforts it came into being. The search engine had been in the running phase for a greater extent and during its running phase it was used by many people and thus till now it is also used by a larger number of populations. Before Google came into being it was given many new names but later on its name changed onto Google and then it was introduced among all the people and its popularity increased too.
On this search engine people can find each and everything which could not be found through other search engines. Moreover it can be found out that Google has one of the greatest numbers of shares among all the other search engine companies and thus this search engines is becoming famous and known to all people on daily basis. Different types of search engine provide people with all sort of relevant information. Google is one of the top most important website that is used by many people for searching purposes.
Search engine along with its companies have many different types of objectives which they want to achieve. In Canada people can search for many different website they want to. Recently Google had decided to update its website. They have said that they want to update their new department for people’s purpose. Through the complaint page people can provide their different complains to people. Google had been doing a lot of benefit for the people. Apart from providing the information Google also provides people with the raking facilities as well which means that people can also rank their websites on Google Page Rank as well.
Google had been providing people with many different products and services. Around the world Google runs in many different parts of the world and Google in Canada had made the lives of people quite simple and throughout this they can search everything they want to gaze at their usage. People had said that they like this very much and through this people can see the type of information they want to see. Google had been awarding different companies as well and even apart from this they had been working a lot.
On the other hand Google have its different home page in all its countries. However Google had gained much of the fame in many different parts of the world and it is anticipated to be liked by many people. Google was the invention of two PhD scholars and their hard work led to many different conclusions. In Canada and America Google is used to a greater extent and it is liked by many people more than there. Currently Google is trying to invest in many different projects and back in 2008 it invested its much of the money in a project which was basically and energy project.