http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog explorations in library blogging Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/08/09/the-best-search-engine-for-your-needs-maybe-not-who-you-think/ http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/08/09/the-best-search-engine-for-your-needs-maybe-not-who-you-think/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:54:05 +0000 dbilyeu http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/?p=903 Do you run to Google every time you have a pressing question and expect that it will return the best results on your subject?  Or have you decided to switch over to Bing, the new kid on the block?  Perhaps you have a nostalgic place in your heart for the Yahoo search engine?  Well, put assumptions about search engine reliability aside and test out which one really works best for your needs through Blind Search, the search engine comparison tool developed by Michael Kordahi. What you find may surprise you.  I first read about Blind Search through Techcrunch.  The writer of the post, Michael Arrington, was surprised to learn that Yahoo consistently gave him the best results. I found the same thing in my testing.  Which works best for you?

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