How good is Google? So asks the The Economist. The answer is 'the best' and if you don't already use it as your search engine of choice, you should. However, you might want to read the linked article before investing any money in the company when it is floated on the stock exchange next spring. It's not as surefire a winner as one might expect, even though '75% of referrals to websites now originate from Google's algorithms'.
Posted by Joe at November 7, 2003 12:13 AMI have reservations about Google's quality; a major component of rank is how often it's linked by other relevant pages, which means that it's more a result of what other people who make web pages do, than people who actually use web pages. Obviously, Coca-cola fanatics are not going to link to Pepsi pages, and vice versa, though both are extremely relevant to anyone wanting to know about colas. Personally, I prefer the search engines which consider the frequency with which someone clicks on a search result.
Posted by: Frank at November 8, 2003 10:14 PMBut how are the search results to be ranked in the first place for someone to click on? I know that there are websites out there showing the tricks of the trade on how to manipulate search engine rankings, but on the whole I don't there's a search engine out there that can match Google on any almost given criteria.
Am I correct in thinking you found this site because I linked to your site at some time?
Posted by: Joe at November 8, 2003 11:12 PM