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Which search engine to do use?

May 14, 2009 4:58AM PDT

In your browser, the search engine at the end of the URL, what do you use and why?

Google
Yahoo!
Wikipedia
eBay
Package Search (for linux)

Other? If so, what?

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Google Google Google
May 15, 2009 12:40AM PDT

I google, google, google all day long. Hubby and son are Yahoo fans, but I'm a googler from the word go.

Why? couple reasons. They find stuff, especially tiny phrases that I remember from something I read two days ago... really well and really fast.

Secondly, I like that they are A SEARCH ENGINE first and foremost. I use the Google taskbar mostly, but if I do go to their homepage, what does it expect me to do... SEARCH. Yahoo wants to tell me 10 signs my guy is cheating and 5 foods I should eat and ... you get the idea.

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Haha yeah I get what you mean.
May 15, 2009 1:58AM PDT

Yahoo has lots of things in it whereas Google is just clean and simple. You can make it complicated using iGoogle SHOULD you want it. Or else you can just stay with the classic Google layout and just use it for accessing your Google account and searching the web.

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Google all the way
Jul 19, 2010 8:17AM PDT

Google - It finds small phrases and such way better than any other. I have a good memeory, so I'm always looking up sites, books, things I've read based on specific snippets I remember.

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i use goodsearch
May 22, 2009 4:38PM PDT

it domates a penny to a charity of your choice for every search you make. It also makes donations to your selected charity if you purchase from selected online stores. It is powered by yahoo. If you want to give to charity the easy and inexpensive way try www.goodsearch.com

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99% of the time Google
May 22, 2009 5:16PM PDT

partly for the same reason as BookMama2, you remember a phrase or just a few words from a song and Google will usually supply the goods

1% wikipedia (taking into account that any info found there is all based on 'freelancers' and not exactly carved in stone)

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Both Yahoo and Google
May 22, 2009 7:55PM PDT

Yahoo for buttons and bookmarks

Google for spell check and relavent searches

I often need two search engines at one time. If I had room I'd run three search engines.

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Great PQ--I mean PR
May 23, 2009 12:16AM PDT

If you use Google for "relavent" searches, I guess you didn't use it to spell relevant.

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a search engine that has both
May 24, 2009 6:20AM PDT

How about "Twingine" http://twingine.com/ it has results from both Yahoo and Google on same page...

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not much to choose from
May 23, 2009 7:47PM PDT

Google is the Big Daddy, so choice No. 1; it delivers well.
Yahoo an option if I am signed in; it works fine.
But quite deliberately I prefer to set my homepage at Cuil - it is black and quirky, which makes it easy on the eye and refreshing for the mind. Serendipity rules OK.

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I use Clusty
May 26, 2009 3:10AM PDT

Clusty clusters the search into groups which narrow down what I may be looking for. If something is not found in Clusty, I'll try a second time in Google. If not in Google, I won't continue looking.
Tom in California

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GOOGLE
Jun 10, 2009 5:20PM PDT

I use Google all the time... It actually gives the closest article related to my search... But to look for more extensive topic, I use Yahoo!

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Google
Jun 14, 2009 4:50PM PDT

I thought there is only one, GOOGLE. It's easy to use and not cluttered.

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Google
Jun 21, 2009 9:44PM PDT

I use Google all the time. It offer me most relevant results.

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google
Jul 3, 2009 3:40AM PDT

its the best ask anyone no one likes bing its gay

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(NT) Bing isn't that bad.
Jul 3, 2009 4:33AM PDT
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hi
Jul 26, 2010 8:38PM PDT

I think 80% people saod they are using Google. I'm also using google for any search.....

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Google is King
Aug 2, 2010 12:45AM PDT

Bing! Hahaa what a joke! I use Google, even though it is a big money grabbing monster who has monopolised our world. http://www.google.com.au also has search restrictions on it..there is a black list! Disgusting.

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Which search engine to do use?
Jul 23, 2009 7:53PM PDT

Google

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Search
Jun 12, 2010 3:07PM PDT

Ixquick......really, I'm serious.

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got to be google
Aug 17, 2009 1:52AM PDT

this searches are the fastest and since i have a google search bar on the top of my browser it's just a no brainer.

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Bing is Awesome!
Aug 22, 2009 6:45PM PDT

I like Bing since of there changing photos everyday... and it's easier Happy

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That's a strange argument.
Aug 22, 2009 6:59PM PDT

Searching isn't about the picture on the first screen, I'd say. In fact, putting a picture on the first screen slows it down. So it's a reason to NOT like bing.

Kees

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Bing can't find MS info!!!!
Aug 25, 2009 8:50AM PDT

Just installed Win7 64Bit RC update KB972047...wanted to know just what it was...clicked from installation list in Win7...claims no information available...go to an XP machine, go to MS.com, search site, search web, search support, search support, with and without space between letters an numbers...the best Bing could tell me...no document matches, etc...enter KB972047 in my firefox google search bar...and below is VERY FIRST RESULT!!! MS should be embarrassed!

Download details: Update for Windows 7 Release Candidate (KB972407)
Aug 24, 2009 ... Install this update to resolve an issue in which there is loss of access to shared data on a computer departing a homegroup or when joined ...
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en... - Similar

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Search engine
Jun 2, 2010 5:38PM PDT

I use a lot Google and Wikipedia, sometimes Google Scholar.

Maceman

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Search engine...
Jun 10, 2010 10:53AM PDT

IXQUICK.

No ads, doesn't save IP address,
and usually finds what i need.

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(NT) (NT) Bing.
Jun 19, 2010 4:17AM PDT
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google
Jun 20, 2010 9:30PM PDT

I am using google all the time
I think it is the best

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Search engine
Mar 16, 2012 6:55PM PDT

In my opinion Google is the best search engine.

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google
Mar 27, 2012 4:40PM PDT

google , it inform me of special day. Happy

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Google #1
Mar 27, 2012 7:01PM PDT

...but lately I've been experimenting with DuckDuckGo.