I have been trying to give other search engines a fair share of my queries.
This isn't benevolence, just a desire to expand my search horizons!
So I have at last installed the Windows Desktop Search which also gives you a MSN search from the task bar, and I have been using that.
But it's sort of hard.
The UI is nice and it all works well, but the search engine is just not as relevant. For example I am used to Googling for resources that I know exist - it has become a sort of resource management tool for me. So when I recently wanted the url for Reflector I typed in that word in the MSN and expected it to come out tops like in google - it was not there, other related things where like a VS add-in for reflector but not the actual URL to the tool itself.
No joy in yahoo, excite, or other search engines too.
Not very comprehensive or scientific sure - but for me this (with other day to day examples) means either I have become very tuned to the way google works, or google has a weired ability to understand my intentions clearer than other search engines. Which is why I guess it is still the number 1 search engine...
Ian
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