Friday, May 14, 2004
The Scotsman - Sci-Tech - Seeking that pin in the search-engine haystack:
"WITH all the hype surrounding Google�s multi-billion-dollar flotation, it is easy to forget that there are other, possibly better, search engines. Many can find that virtual needle in a haystack, and some can even work out that you are really looking for a pin, not a needle.
My current favourite is AltaVista (www.altavista.co.uk) which has been around for years, but has recently been upgraded as an unashamed copy of Google with many of the same features, such as the ability to search news sources or just for images or audio. I have not carried out a scientific comparison, but AltaVista�s results often seem closer to what I want than those from Google.
AltaVista is owned by Yahoo, which is currently Google�s only real competitor in the internet-search market. Although it feels as if a large number of companies are involved, in fact these two account for almost all online searches. Many well-known names are just the big two by another name..."
"WITH all the hype surrounding Google�s multi-billion-dollar flotation, it is easy to forget that there are other, possibly better, search engines. Many can find that virtual needle in a haystack, and some can even work out that you are really looking for a pin, not a needle.
My current favourite is AltaVista (www.altavista.co.uk) which has been around for years, but has recently been upgraded as an unashamed copy of Google with many of the same features, such as the ability to search news sources or just for images or audio. I have not carried out a scientific comparison, but AltaVista�s results often seem closer to what I want than those from Google.
AltaVista is owned by Yahoo, which is currently Google�s only real competitor in the internet-search market. Although it feels as if a large number of companies are involved, in fact these two account for almost all online searches. Many well-known names are just the big two by another name..."
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