What is the best search engine?

[RamistThomist]

What is the best search engine and why? I use google but am ready to move on.

 

[ReformedWretch]

I like Google. I've not found one any better.

 

[CDM]

Dogpile is good. Plus, they're not Google.

www.dogpile.com

It combines many of the popular search engines, uuumm including Google.

 

[ReformedWretch]

I remember when google was the hip search engine that only cool techies used.


Sigh....

 

[RamistThomist]

i used to have reasons for hating google. I am sure they are quite valid and still apply, but I forgot them.

 

[Arch2k]

Originally posted by houseparent
I like Google. I've not found one any better.

 

[Cuirassier]

Google-because of the cool seasonal icons!

I started using it around 1999, when it was still in its early days. At the time--and I suspect it is still true--it had the unique distinction of being the fastest loading page on the 'net. I like the google.scholar area too, for filtering out everything but scientific/academic journals.

My first search engine was gopher - scary, huh? Then Altavista--anyone remember these oldies? I'm starting to show all 35 of my years!

 

[NaphtaliPress]

Originally posted by Jeff_Bartel

Originally posted by houseparent
I like Google. I've not found one any better.

Also I have used their (unique?) book search feature which greatly reduced a number of library trips or hunts for hard copies. Amazon has recently added this kind of thing too and some books there are less restricted than on Google, at least that is my impression on a limited number of searches.
http://books.google.com/

 

[VictorBravo]

Originally posted by Cuirassier
Google-because of the cool seasonal icons!

I started using it around 1999, when it was still in its early days. At the time--and I suspect it is still true--it had the unique distinction of being the fastest loading page on the 'net. I like the google.scholar area too, for filtering out everything but scientific/academic journals.

My first search engine was gopher - scary, huh? Then Altavista--anyone remember these oldies? I'm starting to show all 35 of my years!

You mean Altavista isn't number one anymore? I guess I better change my homepage. (Actually, it is, ahem, Yahoo).

I remember those days well. And the search engine Excite scared me. It seemed so demonic.

Vic

 

[Solo Christo]

Originally posted by Cuirassier
My first search engine was gopher - scary, huh? Then Altavista--anyone remember these oldies? I'm starting to show all 35 of my years!

Hey, I used to use those too!. But my first search engine was webcrawler back in the day.

 

[Scott Bushey]

I use google. Copernic is cool; I wonder though if they drop spyware.......

 

[WrittenFromUtopia]

Google. However, I think they are trying to take over the world.

 

[BobVigneault]

I started with AltaVista but Google seems to think the way I think and finds what I'm searching for a lot sooner than the others.

 

[Me Died Blue]

I used to use GoTo.com years ago, but I'm a Google aficionado now - especially since the quotation mark features with plus signs make it so easy to find multiple phrases.

 

[rmwilliamsjr]

i use a9.com which uses google.
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[MeanieCalvinist]

Originally posted by mangum
Dogpile is good. Plus, they're not Google.

www.dogpile.com

It combines many of the popular search engines, uuumm including Google.

I have found this to be the best search engine also.