Search Engines: Reviews

Updated April 2009
 

Best search engine overall

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

University of California, Berkeley Library: Google is the first search engine recommended by experts at the UC Berkeley Library, but they note that only about half the web ...

InfoPeople.org: This site designed for librarians recommends Google as one of the three best search engines, noting its many specialized searches ...

Dolores Labs: Based on results of 500 random queries, testers find the results at Google about as relevant as those at Live.com and Yahoo! ...

SearchEngineLand.com: Google loses points to Live.com and Ask.com in this recent comparison review, because both the latter search engines provide ...

Laptop Magazine: This detailed review compares Google with Yahoo!, scoring each on eight different factors. Yahoo! outscores Google for some ...

StraightUpSearch.com: Google ranks second to Live.com (but higher than Yahoo! Search and Ask.com), based on a comparison of results from the search ...

 

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Expert & User Review Sources:

University of California, Berkeley Library: Yahoo! is the second search engine recommended by experts at the UC Berkeley Library, for use (along with Exalead) as a ...

InfoPeople.org: This site designed for librarians recommends Yahoo! Search as one of the three best search engines, noting that its advanced ...

The Wall Street Journal: This article praises the way Yahoo! Search offers its new Search Pad note-taking option automatically if it detects you might be ...

Dolores Labs: Based on results of 500 random queries, testers find the results at Yahoo! Search about as relevant as those at Google and ...

SearchEngineLand.com: Yahoo! Search loses points to Live.com and Ask.com in this recent comparison review, because both the latter search engines ...

Laptop Broker.com: This detailed review compares Yahoo! with Google based on eight different factors, including not only search results but also ...

StraightUpSearch.com: Yahoo! Search, along with Google and Ask.com, lose points to Live.com based on a comparison of the results on a search query for ...

 

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Search engine for direct answers, customization

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

Dolores Labs: Based on results of 500 random queries, testers find the results at Live.com about as relevant as those at Google and Yahoo! ...

SearchEngineLand.com: This recent comparison review praises Live.com for providing direct answers to a query for "oscar winners," though they're placed ...

StraightUpSearch.com: Live.com earns top ranking in this review comparing it with Google, Yahoo! Search and Ask.com based on a search for "Olympics." ...

Search Engine Watch: This article reports the December 2008 statistics from Nielsen Online, showing that Live.com fell way behind Yahoo! Search and ...

Phil Bradley's Website: Making the Net Easier: Live.com is one of four search engines recommended here for most searches. Though Google and Yahoo! Search rank higher, the ...

 

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Search Engines Runners Up:

Ask.com

3 picks by top review sites.

Exalead

2 picks by top review sites.

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