Skipped Posts

You may have noticed some missing posts. Those are all pet based. Unless you count the plant at home and the rock at work, I don't have pets. I should have submitted the rock for the Parade of Pets.

Searching #75: Google and Beyond

Searching #75: Google and Beyond

I typed in four queries in Blindsearch to see how I rated the search engines Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. Out of the 4 searches, Google was my choice for 3 searches, with Yahoo picking up the fourth. I did think if funny that, in one search, both Google and Yahoo had Yahoo Shopping as the first result.

The week that I searched, Google was #1 on Hitwise. Its closest competitor was Yahoo. Google had just over 71% of the share and Yahoo just under 15% based on volume.

I do usually use Google, but have used Yahoo, too. I think these results reinforce my current choices.

I have explored the features Google and always find new things. One thing did I discovered that I might find useful, if I had a cell, is Google SMS. Pretty neat. I don't know if I'll tell my DH about this one though. He is too Google dependent as is. I will keep the number handy.