Yahoo retools, trying to catch Google
Posted by Michael Stanclift on 07 April 2003 - 15:11 · 18 comments & 1650 views
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#1 Posted by Arnaudt on 07 Apr 2003 - 15:14
- http://new.search.yahoo.com/ Hmm ... tis nice but I'm sticking with Google. Google is GOD, it has ALL the answers!
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#2 Posted by IDC on 07 Apr 2003 - 15:29
- I tested it out, same matches as google EXACTLY, except with html bloat, and without sub-site matches, and it does have Yahoo!'s directory service, but I never need that anyway.
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#3 Posted by madjo on 07 Apr 2003 - 16:25
- Google is still #1 here.
Too bad The Register is trying to bash google.
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#4 Posted by cesardrgn on 07 Apr 2003 - 16:33
- They'll never be like Google...
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#5 Posted by N_B on 07 Apr 2003 - 16:42
- How can anything be "simpler to use" than google?
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#6 Posted by Ti220 on 07 Apr 2003 - 17:22
- [QUOTE]Yahoo believes its search engine will provide more useful information than Google's and be [B]simpler to use[/B].[/QUOTE] WTF?? Type, click and go, how can it possibly get more simpler?
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#7 Posted by JaggedFlame on 07 Apr 2003 - 17:23
- So it's A-OK when Yahoo does this, but when Microsoft does it it's anticompetitive and starts a flamewar with over 100 comments?
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#8 Posted by _51_ on 07 Apr 2003 - 17:25
- Picture search on Google and Yahoo! using query 'Star Wars' [URL=http://images.google.com/images?q=star+wars&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search]Google[/URL] [URL=http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=star+wars]New Yahoo[/URL] Exactly the same [146,000 results]. Sticking with Google.
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#9 Posted by Joshie on 07 Apr 2003 - 17:43
- I still don't understand why everyone is hardcore against letting anybody try to make something better than Google. Don't you get it? If it's better than google, it'll be better than google. If it's not better than google, then it won't be better than google. Just use whichever is better in the end. It's a [b]search engine[/b]. Y'all are seriously messed up in the head if you get zealous over something like that.
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#10 Posted by nacs on 07 Apr 2003 - 18:54
- Some people here don't seem to understand that except for the Yahoo directory (which is quite frankly very outdated), the entire Yahoo search results are [b]powered by Google[/b]. This is the reason you get the exact same searh results when you search for something outside of the Yahoo directory. I have heard however, that Yahoo will be moving to a different technology to power their searches.
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#11 Posted by walters17 on 07 Apr 2003 - 19:44
- Simpler to use? How can it get simpler.
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#12 Posted by teka on 07 Apr 2003 - 20:29
- U have to try Alltheweb.com It's a great search engine.. When i can't find something using Google I try that one.. But, again, Google is #1
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#13 Posted by btallack on 07 Apr 2003 - 22:34
- Until there's an "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, I'm gonna keep using google.
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#14 Posted by Jerichohol on 07 Apr 2003 - 22:45
- google = search yahoo = index nice discussion on slashdot abt this
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#15 Posted by thelastguardian on 08 Apr 2003 - 06:23
- [QUOTE]Yahoo last month bought search engine specialist Inktomi for $279.5 million[/QUOTE] Dumb question: Is Inktomi a person or software?
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#16 Posted by Kibler on 08 Apr 2003 - 10:31
- hotbot for me thanks.
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#17 Posted by pixlnet on 08 Apr 2003 - 19:00
- yahoo bought out inktomi, and they will use that in the future.
With the revisions, Yahoo believes its search engine will provide more useful information than Google's and be simpler to use. The rebuilt version will combine Google's index with Yahoo's customized services spanning sports, driving directions and weather reports.
Yahoo played a vital role in Google's rise. After encouraging Google to create its search engine, Yahoo raised the startup's profile nearly three years ago by licensing Google's software to run the searches on its popular online portal. To lessen its dependence on Google, Yahoo last month bought search engine specialist Inktomi for $279.5 million. Yahoo plans to incorporate Inktomi's tools in to its search engine by year's end.
Google declined to comment on Yahoo's new search engine.
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