Check out the similarity between
the Yahoo search page and the
main Google search page. I don't think that I had ever seen that page on Yahoo before (I wandered over to it because SBC/Yahoo changed (messed up) my normal My Yahoo page that I use to track news stories and weather, and as a gateway to yellow pages and maps). I don't actually think that this is coincidental, though. Anyone know who had this page style first? I would say Google, but that is most likely just because I saw their version first (years ago).
And I'm switching to Google Maps, which is much cooler and works better.
No doubt Google did (Score:2)
Re:No doubt Google did (Score:2)
I've been using a9 lately (Score:2)
Re:I've been using a9 lately (Score:1)
What ticks me off (Score:2)
The reason I continue to stick to Google: stuff like that little bar at the top of Yahoo!'s search page asking for .50 cents to do a video search. Yahoo just can't seem to let go with plastering ads everywhere. Or trying to get you to use every other ser
ITs about freaking time! (Score:1)
But this is a step in the right direction for yahoo. Get all that crap off your stupid page. 1996 called and they're happy you stopped copyi
Re:ITs about freaking time! (Score:2)
While it is still in free beta give this site: [zabasearch.com] at try. It uses a lot of databases on top of the phone directorires which makes the results pretty impressive. The main drawbacks to it
Re:ITs about freaking time! (Score:2)
Which aggravates me because the name "Zaba" is supposed to mean "free."
Agreed, though, that I have gotten some impressive results from using Zaba.
Google maps (Score:2)
for maps (Score:1)
A Riddle of Search Engine (Score:1)