Which Search Engine you choose in blind search test?
As we know that, whenever we want to search something on web, the word “Google.com” hits into our mind. Yes, it’s true that Google has become the first choice for web users whenever they want to search on web.
But What if you are given a page divided in 3 columns with 3 kinds of results for your keyword from the search engine Google, Yahoo and Bing but not telling in which column that search engine results lies. Looks Interesting? Even I think the same.
Michael Kordahi, an employee of Microsoft created a tool as Blind Search that will return search results in 3 different columns but it doesn’t says that which search engine lie up in each column, those columns are changed at random so that they can not identify if it Google, Yahoo! or Bing.
The challenge is to choose the column you most like after entering your search keyword and then you get the images of the 3 search engines so you can differentiate the search results.
The tool lets you search for text or images that you can compare and choose your favorite result.
The objective of the site is simple, they want to see what happens when you remove the logos of the search engines and see which search engine your brain liked the most.
The site also released the data after testing it for 8 weeks and according to it people choose Google: 41%, Bing: 31%, Yahoo: 28%
So, I recommend to check and participate in my blog poll to tell which search engine you choose in the blind test.
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August 12, 2009
7:16 pm
hey….it’s a nice challenge….i never trusted bing or yahoo…for me GOOGLE is the best
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August 12, 2009
9:23 pm
Oh no…. I picked Yahoo! … what does that mean, no more Google for me
(PS: You have two “notify me of follow up comments via e-mail” checkboxes/texts below the comment area)
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August 13, 2009
7:20 pm
Ya, Thanks for reminding. I always use to forget about removing it.. Gotta remove it today.
August 12, 2009
11:50 pm
I took the test…I choose google.. this was interesting.. Google is always my first choice whenever I search on web.
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August 12, 2009
11:50 pm
What a cool challenge he created. I tried it a couple of times and Google won each time. Great post!
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August 13, 2009
12:07 am
Well that was an interesting test. It was kind of fun and interesting that Google was the one that I picked.
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August 13, 2009
12:59 am
surely! google
August 13, 2009
1:30 am
That’s a really cool idea. I chose Yahoo. My second choice would have been Bing. It’s really interesting to know we may just choose Google because of it’s name.
Thanks for sharing!
Ben´s last blog ..Upside-Down Smiling Rainbow?
August 13, 2009
7:33 pm
It’s like a mindset of people which makes them go to google.com for searching anything. The other two rival companies have to change and challenge this thing.
August 13, 2009
12:22 pm
Well its pretty clear from the results that no matter what, Google rocks…
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August 13, 2009
1:00 pm
I had a look and I still like Google more. I have nothing against the other two at all and wish them the best. thanks for bringing this new site to my attention
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August 13, 2009
2:24 pm
I ended up at bing
It has a pop window function, which tells me more about the website before I click on it.
August 13, 2009
7:35 pm
From a searcher point of view, that feature is awesome. But from a website / blog owner point of view it’s sux..
August 13, 2009
4:12 pm
Today we have three options in this matter, Yahoo, Bing and Google. but Google is ultimate its very trustful.
August 13, 2009
4:14 pm
Sorry of second comment, But if we see all the comments many visitor like to use Google. Google handle 60% of traffic of world wide web.
August 13, 2009
7:37 pm
No worry. You can comment as many time you want.
But to correct you that old data says Google has 70% share of web search market not 60% but I think that is past and anyone hardly knows the latest data on the market share.
August 13, 2009
5:05 pm
This is pretty sweet, I myself am a Bing user. I made the change about a month ago and really enjoy Bing results and the entire layout and feel of Bing.
That goes for the Bing test as well
Voted.
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August 13, 2009
5:27 pm
I tried that day b4 yesterday I think. Surprisingly ( or not i think) on 10 test I got 9 Google and 1 Bing. Yahoo—out.
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August 13, 2009
7:39 pm
Ohh.. So you went on doing 10 test. That’s something anyone will hardly play with that tool. But at the end you got to know what’s your choice.
August 14, 2009
3:37 am
It’s really a cool one. I have made a search engine and waiting for its launch. Hope I will add some of those addons in it.
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August 14, 2009
11:33 am
strangely enough i went with yahoo . and that’s weird since i don’t think i’ve used yahoo search for more than 3-4 searches in the past 5-6 years .
maybe this is a wake up call for me !? although i could never switch to yahoo from Google . it’s too crowded for my taste . one of the things that attracts people to Google is it’s simplicity . just a search box . ( and a simple name – just type Google )
this must be why microsoft went on with bing … one might think that bing is faster to type than google … and it is … but bing still needs a lot of work done around him . i’ve tried it and i’m disappointed with it’s results .
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August 14, 2009
3:56 pm
I think we will be soon be loving Google more as they are going to reveal Google.com search engine in a new way. It’s more faster and having better technology. Google call it as “Caffeine“.
They are testing it right now and I think you can test it here: http://www2.sandbox.google.com/
August 16, 2009
12:41 am
Considering Google’s newest change. I am eager to see the changes take action because nowadays it seems that the results are cluttered.
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August 16, 2009
5:28 pm
surprisingly for me, I chose Bing for the Blind search test…
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August 16, 2009
6:59 pm
Whatever search engine born I still loyal to Google and Yahoo..
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August 16, 2009
9:46 pm
Without any doubt the choice was google. Google has made the searching very user friendly. I am looking forward to new changes to their search engine
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August 17, 2009
4:44 am
I am shocket…my results that I picked were Yahoo. I typed in “promote your blog” which is a phrase I am targetting right now. I only came up in Yahoo and that is why I selected it.
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August 17, 2009
7:59 pm
I thought Google would stand out but I have to say I couldn’t see much difference in the results for what I was searching on. I think I’ll stick with Google though. There’s safety in numbers!
Cheers, Chloe
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August 24, 2009
4:06 pm
I think the site has been taken down due to some manipulation going on.
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August 28, 2009
1:20 am
I took the test and choose Google 4 out of 5 times. I chose Bing once. I’m sure Bing will get gain more interest over time, but Yahoo search is absolutely horrible, it needs to vanish for good. Thanks Typhoon for the taste test I really enjoyed this
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August 28, 2009
2:08 am
I would use bing. It gives some extra information at the side of the search result. Which works as a guideline before we actually click on it.