Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#1

Post by llambda » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 4:59 PM UTC

In light of the recent DuckDuckGo stats, it should be interesting to see what HN users prefer.

Originally choices were listed in alphabetical order but since posting some additional choices have been added. So it may be beneficial to look through the full list of choices before voting. Sorry about that!

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Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#2

Post by wahnfrieden » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:02 PM UTC

Spotlight

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#3

Post by thekungfuman » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:24 PM UTC

No love for ask? Or webcrawler? Or lycos? :-)

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#4

Post by darxius » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:24 PM UTC

Until this morning is was Google. I'm now giving DuckDuckGo a try and LOVE it.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#5

Post by qbproger » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:24 PM UTC

wahnfrieden wrote: post #2

Spotlight

Can you provide a link? I don't think you're doing all your searching at spotlight.com.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#6

Post by vaksel » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:27 PM UTC

Google

DDG seems to be the hipster search engine to me...look at me I'm at the forefront of search technology...sure the results suck compared to Google..but at least I'm not a sheep like the rest of the sheep using the internet.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#7

Post by wahnfrieden » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:29 PM UTC

qbproger wrote: post #5

wahnfrieden wrote: post #2

Spotlight

Can you provide a link? I don't think you're doing all your searching at spotlight.com.

Sorry, it's not available online.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#8

Post by CrazedGeek » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

I still use Google. DDG is really quite nice, but I find I get more relevant results on Google.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

#9

Post by jftuga » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

I find wolfram alpha to be the most useful in some situations, otherwise I use Google.

Re: Poll: Which search engine do you primarily use?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 5:33 PM UTC

thekungfuman wrote: post #3

No love for ask? Or webcrawler? Or lycos? :-)

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