Are people using other search engines instead of Google?

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   2uesdayposted 13 years ago

   Since the Google changes the number of different search engines listed on my stats has increased, even though the overall visits are still down on what they were.
   
   Maybe the complaints I have read here about the problems of searching for topics on the new style Google's results are making people use other search engines more . Which may be good news, I am wondering if others here are noticing the same trend.

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      earnestshubposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I am using other engines to do research. Google is turning up rubbish still.

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      saveascjposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I use ask.com and yahoo for alternative.

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   skyfireposted 13 years ago

   I'm using "bing+cuil+quora+yaoba+ask jeeves+yahoo+stack overflow" for my personal queries.

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   barryrutherfordposted 13 years ago

   Google Scholar

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   knolyourselfposted 13 years ago

   Same here Google only.

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   Richieb799posted 13 years ago

   I used to get 100s from Ask and thats dissappeared, dont know why

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   Michael Willisposted 13 years ago

   Google was never my preference and certainly is not now. When I have cross-referenced Google with other search engines I always find better and more on target results from everyone else besides Google. I normally use Yahoo. Then I may use AOL to check for variations.

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   Gyldenboyposted 13 years ago

   I mostly use google.
   
   Sometimes I use Dogpile, which is a lazy way of searching four engines at once. That's google, bing, ask, and yahoo all at once. At one time, it was a five in one package (pre-Bing era). But, I guess they don't like or need AltaVista and Webcrawler anymore?
   
   In my past experiences with AltaVista, it could sometimes find results Google and Yahoo couldn't find. Maybe, it's still a worthwhile search engine.

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   lrohnerposted 13 years ago

   Google searches are returning garbage, and has at least quadrupled my research time. I've switched to Yahoo. 
   
   Seriously -- when you search for a particular business and it shows up on page 1 of Yahoo and page 6 of Google, switching is a no brainer.

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   2uesdayposted 13 years ago

   These replies are interesting, if people are doing this then it might explain the appearance of the 'new' search engine names on my stats. list on hubs and on the traffic sources page.
   
   Thanks all.

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    camloposted 13 years ago

    I use google.de, and there everything seems as it was before. But I have noticed more visitors from search engines other than Google to my Hubs.

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    melporposted 13 years ago

    I usually use Google on my Imac computer and use Bing on my Windows 7 PC.

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    wildernessposted 13 years ago

    I'm seeing an increase in yahoo and bing both.  It hasn't made up for the loss of google by any means, but is interesting - has google shot itself in the foot?

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       IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I'm seeing that too Wilderness. I'm not getting a lot from yahoo and Bing, about 100 views a day, the rest being made up from the other googles, but they seem to be increasing daily which suggests to me too searchers may have become dissatisfied with google.com

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          wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Hush now, Izzy!  You'll get me all teary eyed, feeling bad about poor google.

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             IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Hey LOL, not me! Google with their all seeing eye must know things are wrong and hopefully when they fix things we'll be back on top

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    Eve Fossposted 13 years ago

    The other night, I wanted to check and see if a topical cream was safe for a toddler, so I plugged it into Google. I got back 2 or 3 ads from Amazon, some forums, and ehow. Nothing answering my question. Research is not a popularity contest. IMHO, Google has forgotten about relevance in favor of popularity. I've switched to Yahoo.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

    could it be that most of our hubs are not ranking in google and ranking instead with other search engine that is why we can see an increase of views from other search engines?

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    Shil1978posted 13 years ago

    For searching health information, I am using this customized version of Google,
    
    Health Search Engine
    
    Cuts out the garbage that sometimes turns up. I don't want to see user-generated content on health topics in particular. That's been one of my pet peeves with search.

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       Eve Fossposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks, Shil! I will give that a try!

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       ripplemakerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I gave it a try! Thanks for this Shil

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          Shil1978posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          You are both welcome - glad to share

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    Salocaposted 13 years ago

    Anyone had much experience with Bing? Have taken a few opinion surveys about search engines and they hammer on about it! Think I've Binged a few times but Google is default for me now, that's a hard habit to break, damn you google lol

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    khmohsinposted 13 years ago

    Yes,Yahoo,msn,ask,alta vista, bing etc

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    WoodsmensPostposted 13 years ago

    http://www.goodsearch.com/default.aspx
    
    SEARCH THE WEB... SUPPORT YOUR CAUSE

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    brandonhart100posted 13 years ago

    People still use Google - Count on it.

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    sofsposted 13 years ago

    Lately I have had to depend a lot on Bing for my research. I was seriously considering shifting to Bing, but the fact that I am so used to Google brings me back here... maybe others are also thinking on those lines.

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