Which Searchengine do you use?

[R'as al Ghul]

Hi all,

as Searchengines have established as Gatekeepers to the information/ sites on the web they are important for everyone using the web. They are powerfull as they possess the ability to direct the focus of attention and the traffic to specific sites. If we get no results from the search we don't know if such a site just doesn't exist or is simply not listed. Only a small percentage of the overall content is listed at all. This is due to the ever changing nature of the web and to the inabilities of the engines. However, sometimes sites are just excluded from the listing, if for example the content is thought to be illegal.

Which engine do you use and why?
Please comment on things as trust in the engine, objectivity and banning of sites from the listing.


Quote[/b] ] I do not search, I find (Picasso)

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R'as

[King Edward]

I Use Google most of the time cos everyone does dont they these days??? I always gives accurate results to searches and does the business really.

[R'as al Ghul]

King Edward,

how do you determine that the results are accurate?
Do you cross-check with other engines?

R'as

[King Edward]

to be honest, no. I guess i've just never not found what im looking for with Google, so until i dont fint it i'll keep on a googlin' http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I use elgooG myself:

elgooG (http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/)

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[TheSilverKnight]

Google, cuz it provides great results every time, everything I'm looking for, I google-it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[shakaka36]

i use google coz its on my net scroller thigny

[Sjakihata]

google

three reasons really:

1, gives satisfying results
2, I have gmail
3, On top of my firebird browser, there is a place to quick search on google

btw, I occosionally use taoma as well

[Bhruic]

I use Google because it's the default selection in Opera.

Bh

[Ronin]

i´ll use google for more mainstream everyday stuff....but if i´m looking for something very particular or work related i´ll use Altavista for 2 reasons:

1-it picks up on a lot of stuff that Google doesn´t
2-it has the possibility to turn all the filters OFF..why the hell would i want to restrict my search base? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif


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[JAG]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle

[Fragony]

google, seems to find stuff most of the time, and I like it's minimalist look.

[BDC]

Google, it does the business. Of course when it is bought out by fanatical Christian businessmen, I shall have to move on as it would probably block all the sites I want.

[R'as al Ghul]

Quote[/b] (Sasaki Kojiro @ July 07 2004,16:58)]I use elgooG myself:

elgooG (http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/)

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[R'as al Ghul]

Hm, maybe I should've chosen the Main Hall for this.
Voting is pretty low here.
Results aren't unexpected, though.
Google really seems to have the monopoly.

I hope more votes are still to come.

R'as

[mfberg]

Dogpile

6 years ago it was altavista, and before that I used webcrawler.

mfberg

[DemonArchangel]

Goooooooooooooooogle
AND WHERE'S THE GAH

[ah_dut]

Quote[/b] (DemonArchangel @ July 08 2004,10:55)]Goooooooooooooooogle
yeah what he said, it does the buisness

[Julius Caesar]

Gooogle

I find it better than those other search engines.

[Tricky Lady]

I google too.

Altavista was my most used web search engine for the first two or three years that I was on the internet.

[LordKarolinger]

google and ask

[octavian]

froogle http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif











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[Dead Moroz]

Google maniacs http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-clown.gif

[Duke John]

Where is metacrawler in the poll?

I always use this search engine since it uses several search engines: Google · Yahoo · Ask Jeeves
About · LookSmart · Teoma
Overture · FindWhat
So it is (or should be) much better than only using Google.

[R'as al Ghul]

Quote[/b] (Duke John @ July 09 2004,10:22)]Where is metacrawler in the poll?

I always use this search engine since it uses several search engines: Google · Yahoo · Ask Jeeves
About · LookSmart · Teoma
Overture · FindWhat
So it is (or should be) much better than only using Google.
Actually I forgot the meta- and gah- option.
This being my first poll.
But you're right Duke, the meta-engines do some good job.
As for Gah: GAH (http://www.gah.com/)

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[Mablung]

Google me
Good search + i got the google browser with pop-up blocker and built in search bar.

[Red Yak]

Google.

Nice, clean and simple. No aggravating adverts or side features complicating the seach engine.

Ask Jeeves waiting in reserve.

[The_Emperor]

Google...

[Nomad]

Thats a surprise,
But it is the best. Or so they say and thats why I voted for it.

[Red Peasant]

Google because of the reasons many people have stated. It does what it says on the tin, and with no frills.

However, also use Teoma quite a lot because I like the way it groups its findings.

[chunkynut]

I mainly use Google, got the toolbar at home and that makes it even more useful, and All the Web. Yahoo has an amazing kind of encyclopedia of web sites that can also e very useful.

[BDC]

Quote[/b] (Red Yak @ July 09 2004,13:35)]Google.

Nice, clean and simple. No aggravating adverts or side features complicating the seach engine.

Ask Jeeves waiting in reserve.
Isn't AJ powered by Google?

[bighairyman]

Google http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Earl of Sandwich]

Do you know what happens when you type in miserable failure in google and then click I'm Feeling Lucky ?

[R'as al Ghul]

Quote[/b] (Earl of Sandwich @ July 10 2004,05:35)]Do you know what happens when you type in miserable failure in google and then click I'm Feeling Lucky ?
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it directly links you here: White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html)

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