After looking at some of the recent research statistics it would seem that we all using Google as a means to search for almost everything but could my recent findings show that things are on the turn?
Many website owners are only interested in getting on Google, it can be, in some eyes, what its all about!! Although it has the notoriety as being the most popular search engine out there, there are others on the move up the popularity stakes to give them a run for their money. Bing is a major player and have been acquiring major support from all over, a recently published article informed us that Yahoo are starting to test and add search results from the Bing engine, this will be shown to the consumer once it has kicked in by displaying the following (NASDAQ: MSFT) “Powered by Bing” logo at the bottom of Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) search results screen.
I decided that after reading the article that I wanted to know more about other search engine choices that were out there. I was very surprised to find a list longer than my arm with a whole host of search engines that I had never heard of, I like to think that I know most of the search engines out there but some of these are specialist engines which made the list even more exciting.
Some times we need a search engine to look for more than just a plumber or an electrician, we at BT Customerstreet are aware of this and have the portals that we can add to our list of directories so it kind of comes into a similar bracket. When you need a specialist search it turns out that you can now use a selection of different engines to give you a more specialist result.
I have added a link here to show you a site that contains a comprehensive list of the selection that is available and also gives you an idea of which engine to use for your particular search. Some of the engines are set up for certain areas of industry, how about searching for business use, the likes of Hoovers, LexisNexis or Kompass are set up entirely for business searches, you have IFAC.com that is purely for accounting purposes and for the more general approach we have singingfish, now part of AOL, which is used to look for media files such as audio and video.
I really don’t think that anyone will take over from the mighty Google, short of a global boycott I really don’t think that it’s popularity will ever see a sharp decline , but you just never know.