Comparing Search Engines
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There are over 60 trillion web pages that search engines must index, and that number continues to grow daily. Search engines aim to understand users' queries and return exactly relevant results within 1/8 of a second. While search engines provide convenience, users' privacy must be balanced, as seen when AOL accidentally leaked search data of 650,000 users in 2006. Private browsing modes don't retain or share users' information with sites visited, and all users receive the same results regardless of personalization. References are provided on search engine market shares and alternative private search options like DuckDuckGo.
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Comparing Search Engines
- 3. 60 trillion individual pages That number grows everyday!
- 4. “The perfect search engine would understand exactly what you mean, and give you back exactly what you want”. Larry Page, co-founder and CEO How Search Works: The Story Results are yielded in 1/8th of a second!
- 5. ● SafeSearch mode available ● Works with Bing!
- 6. Powered by Yahoo’s search engine Yields better results for video searches Can predict when airfare are going up/down More autocomplete features
- 7. Convenience vs Your Privacy In 2006, AOL accidentally leaks 650,000 users’ search data http://www.not-secret.com/ Private Browsing, InPrivate Browsing, Incognito Mode--all the same
- 8. Does not retain/share information with the sites you click on All users get the same results for a searched term. No creepy, personalized ads! Can be used in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Epic, Tor (end-to-end encryption and anonymous searching) browsers Available for mobile devices: iOS and Android
- 11. References DeMers, Jason. Is Bing Finally Catching Up To Google? (2016). Forbes. Retrieved on October 24, 2016 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2015/02/04/is-bing-finally-catching-up-to-google/#e37de853b65a Lane, Sylvia. Private Browsing Settings Aren’t as Private as You Think. (2014). Mashable. Retreived on October 11, 2016 from http://mashable.com/2014/07/21/how-private-browsing-works/#IozFv9enaSqY Minnis, Glenn. Search Engine Market Share Wars in 2016: Google vs Yahoo vs Bing Latest Rankings for US Desktop Queries. (2016). Latin Times. Retrieved on October 24, 2016 from: http://www.latinpost.com/articles/120063/20160501/search-engine-market-share-war-news-google-vs-yahoo-vs- bing-latest-percentages.htm Setance, Rebecca. (2016). Going over to the duck side: a week using DuckDuckGo Search Engine Watch. Retreived on October 3, 2016 from: https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/03/01/going-over-to-the-duck-side-a-week-with-duckduckgo/ Ratcliff, Christopher. (2016). Say Goodbye to Google: 14 Alternative Search Engines. Search Engine Watch. Retrieved on October 3, 2016 from: https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/02/25/say-goodbye-to-google-14-alternative-search-engines/ What is a Search Engine. (2016). Retrieved on October 21, 2016 from http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-search-engine.htm
Editor's Notes
- Results are determined by Crawling. We sort the pages by their content and other factors and created an index that is over 100 million GBs, combined with algorithims (programs and formulas) to search thru the index for the correct result. 200 factors are part of the algorithim including site quality, synonyms, user content, safesearch. The results are produced in an .8 second are then ranked. Process is tweaked and constantly updated. Google monitors bad links and spam for websites. All this manages over one hundred billion searches a month!
- Overall, nearly 17 billion explicit core searches were conducted over the month of February, with Google Sites again ranking first at 10.8 billion. Over that same time, Microsoft registered 3.6 billion searches, followed by Yahoo at 2 billion, Ask Network at 273 million and AOL at 145 million.
- Every time you use a regular search engine, your search data is recorded. Major search engines capture your IP address and use tracking cookies (small files that replicate/taylor your interests from a website) to make a record of your search terms, the time of your visit, and the links you choose - then they store that information in a giant database. Private browsing/Incognito: masks your browsing history but does not hide it from websites-sites can still see where you clicked, information you may have entered and your IP address. The info is still linked to you , even when it is not in your history. Safari , Google Chrome, Firefox,Opera and Internet Explorer all have private browsing. Private browsing will not stop any records associated with your IP address from a browser; only history. Tracking your searches can erode your privacy and lead to censorship. In addition, those searches reveal a shocking amount of personal information about you, such as your interests, family circumstances, political leanings, medical conditions, and more. This information is modern-day gold for marketers, government officials, black-hat hackers and criminals - all of whom would love to get their hands on your private search data. In August 2006, the online world was jarred when AOL accidentally released three months' worth of aggregated search data from 650,000 of its users, publishing all the details in an online database. Enter query and see who searched it along with other terms that user searched.
- Does not retain consumer info. Mainly open sourced, but core is proprietary. Collects commission from sites like eBay and Amazon when a search ends with a purchase.
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- CC Search: Not a search engine, but uses various search engines to yield results. Video and pics to use on a website. Slideshare: 70 million users, 18 million uploads, 40 categories. Acquired by LinkedIn. Dogpile: ‘curates’ results from other search engines and takes out the ads. Ixquick: Another search engine that is private. Does not store information or cookies, You can set user preferences, but after 90 days of inactivity it will return to default settings.