Why Google?

glen · Jun 6, 2001

Can anyone explain the difference between Altavista and Google?

Netopia · Jun 6, 2001

Google = Faster and more relevent finds
AltaVista = More definable (better boolean logic choices)

Joe

glen · Jun 6, 2001

Ok, but do you know the whys and hows of these search engines?

kranky · Jun 6, 2001

I believe Google ranks items by the number of links to the returned page on OTHER sites. So the most-linked-to pages show up at the top.

Kadesh · Jun 6, 2001

Google - You can't go wrong with 8000 Linux boxes©

Helpless · Jun 6, 2001

I like Copernic 2001...I would never limit myself to ONE search engine

Hyperblaze · Jun 6, 2001

I use google primarily to find technical stuff.

Mostly for linux. It has a nack for finding things I am looking for

For ordinary stuff, I use metacrawler. Just a habit.

yakko · Jun 6, 2001

Jero,

You are the opposite of me. I use MetaCrawler for the technical stuff.