Comments on: TechCrunch Poll: What Would Make You Switch Search Engines?

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:18:38 +0000

The “would you like to make $5000 a month posting website’s on Gooogle” pop up EVERYTIME I LOG ON THE WEB is driving me nuts. I can’t take it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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What If Google Killed Puppies? | SenterSoft Technologies — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:09:15 +0000

[...] I’m getting caught up after spending the past few days hobbling around Affiliate Summit (you can find coverage for Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 at Hoffman’s House) and stumbled across an interesting poll recreated by TechCrunch. The question at hand was: “What would make you switch search engines?” [...]

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[...] potential for customers moving from one search engine to another is huge, if you consider the results of a survey by J.P. Morgan Internet analyst Imran [...]

By: Room for Search Engine Improvement | SEO ShootOut

Room for Search Engine Improvement | SEO ShootOut — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:27:44 +0000

[...] courtesy of J.P. Morgan via TechCrunch, is a snapshop of how satisfied a group of 76 U.S. users are with their search engines. Imran [...]

By: What If Google Killed Puppies?

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By: Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines?

Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines? — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:15:37 +0000

[...] TechCrunch’s poll had 2,177 respondents—already far surpassing JP Morgan’s. 58% said they’d switch if the other search engine had “Results that better match my search terms,” while for the runner up response, 15% said they were “Happy with their current search engine.” [...]

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Invalid Click :: SEO Blog » Blog Archive » Váltanál más keresőre? — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:07:16 +0000

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By: PonyLin

PonyLin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:19:53 +0000

Sorry, can I ask a stupid question? How can I search within Techcrunch? I just couldn’t find a search box. Is there one?

By: Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines? | Advertising Blog

Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines? | Advertising Blog — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:07:26 +0000

[...] and recreated the poll to see if they could achieve better results with a larger sample. TechCrunch’s poll had 2,177 respondents—already far surpassing JP Morgan’s. 58% said they’d switch [...]

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:41:23 +0000

Please, say more about Live Search.

I’m comparing their page with a Google results page right now. I see less ads on the LIve Search results and less or equal sponsored results.

So, please, elaborate.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:39:47 +0000

So has Live Search

do your search there and you will see similiar results.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:54:23 +0000

I meant semantic search… oops.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:53:34 +0000

Haven’t you heard? Google has got semantic web going…

Try searching for “Who is Brad Pitt’s Wife?” and look at the item above all the results….

By: sunny

sunny — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:31:36 +0000

i guess we need even better solutions. you tube is logical step. from text to video.
how about more professional services to be available made free by google buying them and giving free.
i use yahoo answers for certain searches.

By: How To Beat Google if You're a Search Engine

How To Beat Google if You're a Search Engine — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:00:39 +0000

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By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:58:53 +0000

Biggest gripe currently is regional/local search. Do a search for something local here in New Zealand and you will get a smattering of international sites in the organic results…which isn’t too annoying but could be improved. The biggest problem however is the ads – well 90% of them are international so how is that “relevant” when you have restricted your search to local only?

MSN, Yahoo etc..are no better.

By: John da Eira

John da Eira — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:21:48 +0000

I am currently happy with Google. It would take a lot for me to switch.

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By: Jason Hart

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:53:59 +0000

Google does a good enough job. For people to switch because of “better results” there will have to be very large leaps in relevancy. There are studies showing that once the branding is stripped from the site, Google’s results are judged less relevant than Yahoo’s. Google’s brand and lead are too strong for there to be a real competitor in the next 5 years.

By: Vinay

Vinay — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:51:29 +0000

I am addicted to Google and if there is something that makes me change has to be something which looks and feels like Google and lets me also look at results from other search engines. The closest I’ve seen is http://fefoo.com/ but this is also not perfect.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:27:50 +0000

How to ensure your innovative internet start-up idea will NOT catch on:
1) Give it a name that can’t really be pronounced out loud or easily remembered, but must be copied and pasted into a new browser tab
2) Make it only accessible to IE users
3) Failure is assured!

/I recently (two months ago) switched from Firefox to Google Chrome. It’s faster, less buggy, and more aesthetically pleasing. It is also quite adept at guessing what you’re looking for (it is from Google, after all). Google “chrome” and try it!

By: napids82

napids82 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:35:22 +0000

most people dont know how to search properly. its a better way/format to provide the results to the user…. not better results in the same format.

By: venkat

venkat — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:26:02 +0000

It’s very hard to switch from Google to other search engine,Google is doing all well for you.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:15:44 +0000

Hey – ditch the pie chart willya? It’s too hard to read – bar chart way better.

By: Henley

Henley — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:05:32 +0000

If Yahoo wants me to switch, it better change that interface, it is just too noisy and cluttered. I don’t feel comfortable browsing through the search results.

By: kaya

kaya — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:54:50 +0000

Being king is good for google but not for the researching user. Any big Co. that tends to share information with regimes that will use that information toward oppressive ends will surely have less ethical qualm about using that information toward its own ends. Don’t be surprised if the most secret weapon in this market dominator’s arsenal is an internally used semantic search engine whose main function is to determine the next great ideas by studying entrepreneur researcher’s search patterns and beating many startup prospect’s entry to market under the auspices of just another well-camouflaged “cool” google project. Make yourself and everyone a favor, when researching on your great idea, try splitting your search efforts between different search engines so not one single company knows exactly what you’re up to.