Many new search engines are popping up on the web and challenging Google’s search engine dominance. According to Hitwise, a source, “Google is the dominant search engine with around 72 percent of U.S. online searches and its percentages are much higher in other parts of the world.” Of all three major search engines Google, Yahoo! and MSN, Google provides the most traffic for certain keywords.
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There have been many search engines before Google and now many new ones are popping up on the web. Some of the new search engines are: Cuil, Hakia, Kosmix, OneRiot, Searchme, Twine, Topsy, TweetMeme and Wolfram Alpha. Each of these are different, making your web search more personal, more visual, or connecting your search to new social networks like FaceBook and Twitter.
WOLFRAM ALPHA
Wolfram Alpha is a computational, knowledge engine and is thought by some as possibly the most likely candidate to give Google some serious competition because it can create information rather than just read/present content already on the web, which is something Google can not do. I believe students will love this search engine because it does work for you, for example, type in your birthday and you will be amazed at the results.
BING
Bing is a new search engine from Microsoft, which is very similar to Google in many ways, but different. Bing presents results in a more pleasing arrangement. It gives you a preview button for each listing and related searches and your search history on the left hand side.
Bing’s home page is quite appealing and only has a search box on it so you are not distracted with other news listings like on MSN and Yahoo! Besides its superior search results, one of the main reasons for Google’s success has been its simplicity. “Keep it simple and you may just be able to compete.”
SEARCHME
Searchme is a visual search, much like the iTunes interface, where you can shuffle through screenshots of webpages instead of a list of links. Searchme claims to be the first multimedia search engine; it has been around for a few years but is not widely known to web users.
There are those who claim that using Searchme is a hundred times more enjoyable than using Google Search or Bing because information can be found without clicking through so many displayed sites. The web is turning into a more interactive multimedia operation, and visual search will most likely always win out over text searches.
Unfortunately, at the time of writing this article, the Searchme site has been taken offline. It is being sold. The following is the message that you will see if you Google it: The world’s leading visual search engine has gone offline. We are selling our Intellectual Property!
Experts claim the thing that gives Google all its revenue is Text ads, which may work against it – everyone dislikes advertising, no matter what form it takes. This is especially true among the younger computer savvy crowd using such sites as the Google owned YouTube, where Google has nearly obliterated the videos with its ads.
Google is a smart company with tons of resources. It keeps morphing and changing as necessary with the times, quickly adapting to new features as our usage of the web keeps changing. Google has perfected the art of staying one step ahead of the competition.
Titus Hopkins, an author, was a major source of information.
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November 24th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Informative article friend. Well said.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
The truth,thanks for sharing.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Very interesting information here. I did have a lot of views from Bing but I don’t get as many now. I wonder why that is?
November 24th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I’ve only heard of Bing since it used to be one of my top referring sites but not any more since last month.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:55 am
great… now Google have another competitiveness
November 25th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Great info on the competition that google is facing. I’ll be checking out these search engines and see what the advantages are.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:10 am
thanks for the info….
November 25th, 2009 at 2:21 am
I learned from your well composed post.TX
November 25th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Even with all these new search engines vying for a place in the market, I think Google has a strong hold on its market, i.e. the whole world: I mean who doesn’t use ‘Google’ as a verb in their everyday life!
November 25th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Very interesting and informative article. Thanks for sharing.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Very informative article. Although, these competitors are gaining some ground, Google is so widely used it has a firm seat in its position and I can’t see it being ousted anytime soon. Great article, Wess.
November 26th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Great info! Thanks.
December 1st, 2009 at 8:11 am
Great job done
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am
Thanks for the information. This is actually a great article you have here, I can’t deny the fact that I myself have been using google almost everyday
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:00 pm
really great…informative…thanks for introducing various search engines..
December 19th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
great information.. Thanks!
December 30th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Bing and yahoo bring a lot of readers to my articles. Outbrain brings the most.I love all the search engines
January 10th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Great info great post
January 15th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Nice info…thanks friend….
January 20th, 2010 at 8:18 am
I love Google lol