Vinte e Sete

Experimentei várias vezes e acabo por escolher sempre o Google. Este site é muito simples, é um comparador de motores de busca. Basta introduzir as palavras chave, por exemplo “padaria monte doce gaia”, e depois aparecem três colunas com as respostas dos três motores de busca, mas não identificados. A seguir é pedido que escolham qual das colunas apresenta resultados mais adequados, e após a escolha revelam-se os motores a que corresponde cada coluna. Não sei se por uma questão de língua, ou por estar habituado a introduzir as palavras chave de certa maneira, mas sempre que experimento acabo por escolher a coluna do Google. E vocês? Experimentem! Após 8 semanas, os resultados são os seguintes:

Google: 41%, Bing: 31%, Yahoo: 28%

The above results reflect the choices webonauts make on a blind test. This comparison of search engines is quite straight forward. You just enter your search query, and three columns of results are displayed. You just have to choose the column you think is most adequate. Try it yourself! I always pick Google…

Experimentem! Está fabuloso.

Para quem quiser ver como era o Google há uns anos atrás...

If you want to see what Google was like a few years ago...

Google has just announced Android. There will be no Gphone, Google has rather done something even more ambitious. They released a mobile operating system for mobile phones. It covers all basic phone functions such as calling and phone book, but also locates addresses on a map, and has a graphical capabilty to run applications such as Google Earth and Doom (openGL implementation).

They also announced a prize of 10 million $ for the best applications developed for the platform. Curiously they have said nothing about real advanced features such as GPS integration or payment, maybe they should have a look at what is going on on countries like the Netherlands. People there can pay the parking meter by sending an sms, and use GPS integration to locate the nearest on-duty pharmacy.

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