Comments on: Searching for that elusive fact! http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/ Another Blog from Grumbledook & co Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ray http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Ray Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:12:09 +0000 http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/#comment-147 How about trying BlindSearch for a week, and see what it tells you about the search engines. http://blindsearch.fejus.com/ It presents the results from Google, Bing and Yahoo all on one page - anonymised, so I then find myself reverse engineering it in my head (and normally, being wrong!) Ray How about trying BlindSearch for a week, and see what it tells you about the search engines.
http://blindsearch.fejus.com/

It presents the results from Google, Bing and Yahoo all on one page – anonymised, so I then find myself reverse engineering it in my head (and normally, being wrong!)

Ray

]]> By: AngryTechnician http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/comment-page-1/#comment-146 AngryTechnician Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:50:48 +0000 http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/#comment-146 I've actually been using 'other than Google' for my searching for about 6 months now, primarily using Bing (and it's previous incarnation Live Search). I'm particularly fond of Bing Maps for it's 'Bird Eye' view, which I find much clearer than a top-down satellite view, and easier to navigate than Google's Street view. My suggestions for additional options run very much along the lines of your original thinking - I use BBC News and Times Online for news, often use Flickr for images (particularly useful as the Advanced search allows you to specify only Creative Commons licensed images). I also have Wikipedia in my search bar and find myself heading to that as a starting point for information on a topic, though obviously that relies on the topic I'm looking for being well-referenced. Overall, I don't really miss Google. When I first made the switch I found Live Search was actually producing more relevant results, though YMMV. The only thing I find myself heading there for sometimes is the image search, as Bing's image search doesn't have an 'extra large' image search. I’ve actually been using ‘other than Google’ for my searching for about 6 months now, primarily using Bing (and it’s previous incarnation Live Search). I’m particularly fond of Bing Maps for it’s ‘Bird Eye’ view, which I find much clearer than a top-down satellite view, and easier to navigate than Google’s Street view.

My suggestions for additional options run very much along the lines of your original thinking – I use BBC News and Times Online for news, often use Flickr for images (particularly useful as the Advanced search allows you to specify only Creative Commons licensed images). I also have Wikipedia in my search bar and find myself heading to that as a starting point for information on a topic, though obviously that relies on the topic I’m looking for being well-referenced.

Overall, I don’t really miss Google. When I first made the switch I found Live Search was actually producing more relevant results, though YMMV. The only thing I find myself heading there for sometimes is the image search, as Bing’s image search doesn’t have an ‘extra large’ image search.

]]> By: Matt Evans http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Matt Evans Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:29:12 +0000 http://grumbledook.com/2009/06/28/searching-for-that-elusive-fact/#comment-145 The power of Google is incredible and my immediate choice for searching the web. However, just as BBC is my immediate choice for news, my immediate choice for ICT related queries is Twitter. It works like an informed search engines, bringing forward not a list of names, but a list of opinions, which, thus far has been invaluable. The power of Google is incredible and my immediate choice for searching the web. However, just as BBC is my immediate choice for news, my immediate choice for ICT related queries is Twitter. It works like an informed search engines, bringing forward not a list of names, but a list of opinions, which, thus far has been invaluable.

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