Comments on: Given Identical Search Results Searchers Still Prefer Google & Yahoo

By: Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines?

Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines? — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:15:44 +0000

[...] I think better results will always have a serious draw and right now Google has the corner on that market—so much so that results with the Google brand are perceived as more relevant than identical results with other searc…. [...]

By: Bushido

Bushido — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:13:06 +0000

Not shocked at all. It’s al word of mouth. It would have been interesting to se the other engines look & feel.

By: Hock

Hock — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:49:50 +0000

Hmm… 32 participants aren’t exactly a large sample size. Google is the most entrenched right now in the search space as far as branding is concerned. However, it’s not inconceivable that a new startup with a paradigm-shifting approach to search can trump Google in the future. It won’t be easy, but that’s not to say that it will be impossible.

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:34:36 +0000

Quality is better, but to have quality you have to have a large inventory.

By: netnuke

netnuke — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:28:05 +0000

A lot of search results is better or quality of search results better?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:43:17 +0000

As Jaan asked “Well it would be interesting to know what type of queries were tested. That could make a big diff”

Yes, it would be interesting but since Andy only saw fit to scrape a news item from local newspaper and not bother to source the item you’ll have to find it yourself.

Andy, your link is misleading “conduct a study” as if I were to click on it I would actually see the study you’re “reporting”, wrong – takes me to the orginal news item that you have quoted almost word for word.

Way to blog.

By: Chris Dohman

Chris Dohman — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:08:01 +0000

I’m not shocked with this one but I wish Ask would have been included in the study. I think Ask is on the right track with their presentation of results. This is not to say Ask inclusion would have changed the results of the study though, I’m sure most people chose the engine they usually use and you all know where that would put Ask.

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:55:24 +0000

Well it would be interesting to know what type of queries were tested. That could make a big diff.

By: Milo's SEO Blog

Milo's SEO Blog — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:42:52 +0000

I agree, indeed. For reasons being, Google is simple and no image or banners ads when searching. Google is also mostly text based rather than graphical, which makes it a lot faster in performance.

I like Yahoo’s search suggestions if I want to find similar searches based on the search keyword I entered.

Nice piece of information you have.

Keep it up!