Yahoo vs Google

[dgridley]

Yahoo vs Google.. which do you prefer and why?

 

[viciouscircle]

I asked because 99% of the search engine traffic I get on my carrieunderwood.ws site comes from Yahoo searches... I wonder what the reason is for that?

The site after a week up is already showing up on the first page results in most instances. Weird!

Yahoo! indexes sites very quickly and gets alot more pages than google does and the search results reflect that. Google is headed downhill, and honestly is more of a brand than it is a quality search engine. As far as the search engine i use... I have found Twingine.com very useful since it displays Yahoo and Google results side by side.

 

[snoopi]

Google is to slow on getting sites indexed imo..

That's right. Google is very slow and is somewhat unreliable when someone is looking for new sites.

Most of my newly created sites are not indexed by Google yet, while they have been indexed by Yahoo in one (or two) weeks! Because of this I prefer Yahoo-I consider it more reliable.

 

[Dave_Z]

Google. 'Nuff said.

 

[mustang394]

GOOGLE all the way!

 

[snoopi]

I believe Google is soooo commercial these days. The search results are not so great compared them to two or three years before...

 

[floatingworld]

for serious research I use copernic. http://www.copernic.com/

 

[domain.addict]

Still most of the times that I've done research and used both Google and Yahoo, Google has always gotten me to the right places quicker and more effectively than yahoo has.

 

[Eric]

Google is by far one of the better engines today. I rarely use Yahoo, as Google has become mere habitual. It does take a while to get indexed by Google, but they produce the fastest and cleanest results I've seen. And of course, this is all IMHO.

 

[SuperTrooper]

I'm sorry, but I find better results for my search terms on Yahoo. Google has gone way downhill for me.

 

[_FLIP_]

Yahoo!

 

[dgridley]

I used to use Copernic alot myself...

for serious research I use copernic. http://www.copernic.com/

 

[Jon_]

Mostly google, but sometimes I find myself using MSN.

 

[xEunJiWonzxlovr]

I think google is the better one. You can find tons of pics and sites ont here quickly. For yahoo the findings are slower and pics are not that good. Unlike google has many and better pics and sites that suits your needs.

 

[carolynxd]

google because it's more fun to type. Hah. PLus I use it more.

 

[paaaaaaaaaa]

I believe Google is soooo commercial these days. The search results are not so great compared them to two or three years before...

+1

 

[SeoGuy]

Google all the way! i wish my rankings were better though!

 

[tk]

I use google, but recently found that altavista.com has a very good interface too.... Almost like google, plus you can search for mp3 and video

Askjeeves has also improved a lot.

With these websites providing variety in searches, Google may soon have compititors and traffic diversion.

-tk

 

[harkster]

Depends on what I am doing. I like Google news and if looking forsomething very speific.

I follow several topics to see what is is going on/ keep an eye on my competition. I find Google results seldom change and after the first few pages so many 'dead links'. Frustrating case study:

I have a site ranked # 4 and the 2 of the results above me are from the same site which has not changed content in years. My PR is higher than theirs.

Google IMHO has problems but as with AOL you can sell a poor product with enough hype.

I am moving more to MSN as their results seem to be fresher. I go directly to MSN and submit new sites. Usually I will see the site spidered in a day. EXCEPT I can't seem to get 3 .cc sites listed there. I have a .info which went live bit over a month ago & now has #6 on MSN (roseville pottery). It is lost somewhere in the Google nither nither land. Google must think I am a spammer as I have many pages of good relevent contet and add more about once a week.

For most of my sites SE hits are usually Google, MSN, Yahoo or MSN Google, Yahoo.

Google is overrated. MSN is slow but better results. Only time I go to Yahoo is to check that I haven't slipped.

 

[hanz]

google is the best
i do not like yahoo because they try to do everything. They have so much stuff on their site that I do not need, but google is nice and clean

 

[billinchina]

Yahoo is fun. I like it for music, finance and news, while Google is only good for searching. I must admit that I don't use Yahoo Search that frequently.