Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#1

Post by humanlike » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 2:45 PM UTC

Why is Google so poor at financial search? When I do a side-by-side comparison of Google Finance search results for the following terms, I'm totally confused as to why small search teams can simply outperform on this level:

'peanut butter'

cymetica: http://cymetica.com/recommend/app/hidden_connections?query=peanut+butter&db=all

Google: https://www.google.com/finance?q=peanut%20butter&ei=79T3VIHwLouGqwHH2oCQBg

'car battery'

cymetica: http://cymetica.com/recommend/app/hidden_connections?query=car+battery&db=all

Google: https://www.google.com/finance?q=car%20battery&ei=79T3VIHwLouGqwHH2oCQBg

'graphene'

cymetica: http://cymetica.com/recommend/app/hidden_connections?query=graphene&db=all

Google: https://www.google.com/finance?q=graphene&ei=79T3VIHwLouGqwHH2oCQBg

'solar power'

cymetica: http://cymetica.com/recommend/app/hidden_connections?query=solar+power&db=all

Google: https://www.google.com/finance?q=solar%20power&ei=79T3VIHwLouGqwHH2oCQBg

Re: Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#2

Post by PaulHoule » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 3:46 PM UTC

Google Finance has always sucked.

Google Finance sucks so much that I still go to Yahoo finance despite the fact that it blends the same old "One Weird Trick" ads with other scams like Jim Cramer's stock tips. I still go there despite the forums full of right-wing oldsters that want to get the government out of their Medicare.

Re: Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#3

Post by alexwestin » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

Google Finance has always sucked. Google Finance sucks so much that I still go to Yahoo finance despite the fact that it blends the same old "One Weird Trick" ads with other scams like Jim Cramer's stock tips. I still go there despite the forums full of right-wing oldsters that want to get the government out of their Medicare.

So true and what an excellent depiction of Yahoo Finance.

Re: Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#4

Post by joshu » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 5:41 PM UTC

Lemme guess, you for cymetica?

Re: Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#5

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 8:12 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #4

Lemme guess, you for cymetica?

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Re: Google is getting it butt kicked, why are they so poor at financial search?

#6

Post by humanlike » Mon, Mar 09, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #4

Lemme guess, you for cymetica?

Thinking about building a similar system. I saw that cymetica post today and did the comparisons and dug deeper to find that Google or Yahoo finance do an extremely bad job at finding public companies. Going with the data, how about you?