Comments on: Paid Search Takes On New Meaning http://www.technologytranslated.com/2007/11/14/paid-search-takes-on-new-meaning/ ArcStone employees / contractors practicing Internet alchemy - translating tech into vision and vision into tech.... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:33:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Alicia Cermak http://www.technologytranslated.com/2007/11/14/paid-search-takes-on-new-meaning/#comment-1001 Alicia Cermak Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:09:51 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2007/11/14/paid-search-takes-on-new-meaning/#comment-1001 I use Blingo, and I've found that my results are extremely inconsistent. While it's powered by Google, it is lacking something, somewhere. Sometimes I'll receive a suspiciously small amount of results for my query, but when I perform the same search on google.com, I receive twice as many hits. Other times, the results are exactly the same. I can't figure it out. I'm not sure mediocre results are worth the Fandango certificate I won last January. I haven't been impressed with Live Search (to be honest, I haven't been impressed by a search engine since I moved from AltaVista/DogPile to Google wayyy back in '99), but I HAVE been impressed with Live Search Maps. Next time you're playing with Google maps in satellite view, check out Live Search Maps' version - it blows Google out of the water. I use Blingo, and I’ve found that my results are extremely inconsistent. While it’s powered by Google, it is lacking something, somewhere.
Sometimes I’ll receive a suspiciously small amount of results for my query, but when I perform the same search on google.com, I receive twice as many hits.
Other times, the results are exactly the same. I can’t figure it out.
I’m not sure mediocre results are worth the Fandango certificate I won last January.

I haven’t been impressed with Live Search (to be honest, I haven’t been impressed by a search engine since I moved from AltaVista/DogPile to Google wayyy back in ‘99), but I HAVE been impressed with Live Search Maps. Next time you’re playing with Google maps in satellite view, check out Live Search Maps’ version - it blows Google out of the water.

]]> By: Carrie Downing http://www.technologytranslated.com/2007/11/14/paid-search-takes-on-new-meaning/#comment-1004 Carrie Downing Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:49:13 +0000 http://www.technologytranslated.com/2007/11/14/paid-search-takes-on-new-meaning/#comment-1004 You know, I noticed the same the same thing. I searched for something fairly specific (can't remember what) and only got a handful of results. The same search with Google provided me with many more. I checked out Live Search Maps.... Wow. I love the the hybrid and the bird's eye view. You know, I noticed the same the same thing. I searched for something fairly specific (can’t remember what) and only got a handful of results. The same search with Google provided me with many more.

I checked out Live Search Maps…. Wow. I love the the hybrid and the bird’s eye view.

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