http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272748 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272748 As we might have expected, Google isn't resting on their laurels: <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version...</a> As we might have expected, Google isn't resting on their laurels: http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272747 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272747 Yes, I've reviewed it here three times. Here's the latest: <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-benchmark-update-lunascape-5-1-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-be...</a> Yes, I've reviewed it here three times. Here's the latest: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-be…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179262 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179262 Yeah, I could sit and play with this thing all day. Yeah, I could sit and play with this thing all day.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272746 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272746 Yeah, I could sit and play with this thing all day. Yeah, I could sit and play with this thing all day.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179261 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179261 There are a lot of ironies in the results. I picked Bing for javascript and python code samples, even though Google is heavy into both languages. Conversely, Google had better c++ code sample results, even though they were mostly written for Visual C++. Bing won on "is microsoft doomed" and "is microsoft evil". There are a lot of ironies in the results. I picked Bing for javascript and python code samples, even though Google is heavy into both languages. Conversely, Google had better c++ code sample results, even though they were mostly written for Visual C++. Bing won on "is microsoft doomed" and "is microsoft evil".

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272745 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272745 There are a lot of ironies in the results. I picked Bing for javascript and python code samples, even though Google is heavy into both languages. Conversely, Google had better c++ code sample results, even though they were mostly written for Visual C++. Bing won on "is microsoft doomed" and "is microsoft evil". There are a lot of ironies in the results. I picked Bing for javascript and python code samples, even though Google is heavy into both languages. Conversely, Google had better c++ code sample results, even though they were mostly written for Visual C++. Bing won on “is microsoft doomed” and “is microsoft evil”.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272744 a3pixitesmunier Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272744 have you tried <a href="http://www.lunascape.tv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lunascape.tv/</a> already? have you tried http://www.lunascape.tv/ already?

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179156 Sampi Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179156 Isnt it ironic that you preferred Bing when you searched "gnome vs kde"? I'm also choosing Bing more often than I thought... Isnt it ironic that you preferred Bing when you searched "gnome vs kde"? I'm also choosing Bing more often than I thought…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-272743 Sampi Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-272743 Isnt it ironic that you preferred Bing when you searched "gnome vs kde"? I'm also choosing Bing more often than I thought... Isnt it ironic that you preferred Bing when you searched “gnome vs kde”? I’m also choosing Bing more often than I thought…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179273 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:29 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179273 As we might have expected, Google isn't resting on their laurels: <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version/" rel="nofollow">http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version...</a> As we might have expected, Google isn't resting on their laurels: http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-new-version…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179269 Chip Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:17:45 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179269 Yes, I've reviewed it here three times. Here's the latest: <a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-benchmark-update-lunascape-5-1-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-be...</a> Yes, I've reviewed it here three times. Here's the latest: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/24/browser-be…

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/08/10/blind-search-compares-search-engine-results/#comment-179100 Ryan Rampersad Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:42:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16674#comment-179100 I tried it with ten different queries (my name included) and I picked yahoo and bing surprisingly often (about 5 times between them). I really like this project. I tried it with ten different queries (my name included) and I picked yahoo and bing surprisingly often (about 5 times between them). I really like this project.

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