Search Engines

I really thought that this was a silly blog post assignment - I should have known better! I was shocked to find all the different search engines. There were the obvious choices. I like some, but I mostly use Google. So, here is my  list and what I honestly think!

1. Bing! -- One word? HATE!!! I can't tell you why, but I hate it. It never seems to give me the right results; however I am comparing it to Google which I L-O-V-E! MSN is my homepage so sometimes I use Bing! if I am in a hurry, but normally I go to Google.

2. Ask -- is a blight on society! It gives you all these stupid "ads" in the search! I don't want to see an ad for Spanish; I want to see Spanish! Argh! I hate this one too -- and hate is NOT too strong of a word.

3. Dogpile -- this is kinda cool cause it has Google and Yahoo combined into one search engine (or so they say!). I have done a few searches and was surprised with my results. I liked it.

4. DuckDuckGo -- Okay, I really liked this one. My main reason for liking it is that it doesn't track you. Yep! A non-tracking search engine. I hate when a search engine "suggests" a page. I want to scream, "Is that what I asked for? NO!" So this supposedly is anonymous... supposedly.

5. IxQuick -- This is another anonymous search engine. This engine is supposed to combine ten of the best search engines. It claims to be "The world's most private search engine". I take issue with the whole private thing. (Can you tell?) I don't think anything is private. Once you do a search your IP address is connected to that search.

6. Yandex -- This engine offers the ability to search in other languages. This confounds me a bit. Can't you do this with any search engine? I am dumbfounded -- but I like the name!

WolframAlpha? What the heck? Okay, so I can see how this would be helpful to math students. It is something that I would definitely suggest to my students (even though I am an English teacher!). I think giving students cross-curricular information is helpful.

So --- something you didn't ask for! I love all the graphics for these sites. My favorite is Dogpile!