Which search engine do you prefer?

Postmaster · 28-02-2005, 03:30 PM

Which search engine do you prefer or use?

***Brian Turner*** · 28-02-2005, 05:12 PM

Google would normally be better - its phrase matching is certainly better than MSN. The trouble is that Google are returning relatively poor results at the moment.

I tried using MSN Search as my homepage for a while, but I kept having to monitor Google so I changed back to using Google UK as my homepage.

I'm now trying Yahoo! Search for my homepage - never really taken Yahoo! seriously before, but am now. I'm simply making a consumer decision on the fact that Google's results are getting poorer.

revsorg · 28-02-2005, 10:55 PM

I select my main search engine on the basis of what the majority of people use. I might not like the results that it returns but it helps me to tune in to the zeitgeist.

kundalini · 01-03-2005, 10:07 PM

I use google. But I never had much success in getting my own site to do well on google.

I'll be sticking with google for a while longer. Set in my ways.

PriceComparison · 20-03-2005, 06:05 PM

this is really a no brainer, either Yahoo or Google... that is it. It is nice to have others like MSN, Excite, Altavista, etc... but who cares.....

kiransnaik · 28-03-2005, 11:54 AM

Hi,

MSN new version is really great... I like the speed of MSN new algorithm.. Still I believe Google is Best.. mainly becoz of its simplicity and speed. Majority of people across world prefer Google. Sometimes I do get not very exact results from Google... majority of times it gives correct results. Although I am not getting very good SEO results in Google at the moment unlike Yahoo and MSN, ...but I believe Google is the Best.

paulhiles · 03-04-2005, 03:16 PM

I first got into Google when I was at university (as a mature student!) back in 1999, I was won over by its simplicity and the relevance and speed of its search. I know there are many who would say that Google has lost its way but I think Google remains head and shoulders above its rivals.

The new MSN search is the closest so far to rivalling Google, and it's already succumbed to sponsored links above and below the organic results - what a shame!

WSC-Will · 03-04-2005, 06:01 PM

As a user or as a business trying to rank well?

As a user: Google, but perhaps mainly out of habit and only because I think I know how to search better using it

As a business: Yahoo! and MSN because my site ranks better with them :P

***Brian Turner*** · 03-04-2005, 09:16 PM

Everyone's sites seem to rank better in MSN.

Postmaster · 04-04-2005, 01:08 AM

How do they do it? lol

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28-02-2005, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Postmaster Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 835	Which search engine do you prefer? Which search engine do you prefer or use?

28-02-2005, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,716	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? Google would normally be better - its phrase matching is certainly better than MSN. The trouble is that Google are returning relatively poor results at the moment. I tried using MSN Search as my homepage for a while, but I kept having to monitor Google so I changed back to using Google UK as my homepage. I'm now trying Yahoo! Search for my homepage - never really taken Yahoo! seriously before, but am now. I'm simply making a consumer decision on the fact that Google's results are getting poorer. __________________ SEO specialist

28-02-2005, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
revsorg Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Leigh on Sea, Essex, England Posts: 317	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? I select my main search engine on the basis of what the majority of people use. I might not like the results that it returns but it helps me to tune in to the zeitgeist. __________________ Revs.org \| Ecru

01-03-2005, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
kundalini Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 93	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? I use google. But I never had much success in getting my own site to do well on google. I'll be sticking with google for a while longer. Set in my ways.

20-03-2005, 06:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
PriceComparison Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? this is really a no brainer, either Yahoo or Google... that is it. It is nice to have others like MSN, Excite, Altavista, etc... but who cares.....

28-03-2005, 11:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
kiransnaik Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? Hi, MSN new version is really great... I like the speed of MSN new algorithm.. Still I believe Google is Best.. mainly becoz of its simplicity and speed. Majority of people across world prefer Google. Sometimes I do get not very exact results from Google... majority of times it gives correct results. Although I am not getting very good SEO results in Google at the moment unlike Yahoo and MSN, ...but I believe Google is the Best.

03-04-2005, 03:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
paulhiles Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 61	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? I first got into Google when I was at university (as a mature student!) back in 1999, I was won over by its simplicity and the relevance and speed of its search. I know there are many who would say that Google has lost its way but I think Google remains head and shoulders above its rivals. The new MSN search is the closest so far to rivalling Google, and it's already succumbed to sponsored links above and below the organic results - what a shame! __________________ london web design agency \| webmaster forum \| the nehemiah project newham daycare \| blues photo library

03-04-2005, 06:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
WSC-Will Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 122	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? As a user or as a business trying to rank well? As a user: Google, but perhaps mainly out of habit and only because I think I know how to search better using it As a business: Yahoo! and MSN because my site ranks better with them :P __________________ Will XML Feed Generator - Free Windows Tool Creates XML RSS Feeds from Your Website. Liverpool Web Design \| Epson Compatible Ink Cartridges

03-04-2005, 09:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,716	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? Everyone's sites seem to rank better in MSN. __________________ SEO specialist

04-04-2005, 01:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
Postmaster Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 835	Re: Which search engine do you prefer? How do they do it? lol

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