Google Vs Altavista "Search Engine War"

Adrian

Which do you find easier to use, most efficient and overall favourite.

Adrian

altavista is my fav

milltown

Google is the daddy!

BigEejit

its been a long time since Altavista was my favourite, you barely hear it mentioned any more....

mike65

I did a poll thread on this subject last year -

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75005&highlight=search+engine

the result was overwhelming then maybe the balance of power
has shifted....

Mike.

weemcd

havn't cared for altavista in years, the only thing i use it for is the translation thingy for homeworks.

/s******

weemcd

i cant say s******!

BoB_BoT

google is the win , never liked altavista, as weemcd said it's good for translations though.

Webmonkey

The second i saw this post i said WTF? Like Google is the winner!

Originally posted by weemcd
havn't cared for altavista in years, the only thing i use it for is the translation thingy for homeworks.

/s******

hehe me 2! until....I found googles translator hehe
http://www.google.ie/language_tools?hl=en

BoB_BoT

wtf, google has a translation service, hummm how did i not notice this before :P, buh bye altavista

Webmonkey

Originally posted by Leggo
wtf, google has a translation service, hummm how did i not notice this before :P, buh bye altavista

... And you know the strange thing?

Google have it linked on their homepage beside the search box. Was i blind all these years or what?

BoB_BoT

nah doubt it, just tend to pay attention to what i need, not what people also have hehe , could have said "purple monkey dishwasher" for all i knew hehe

Webmonkey

Originally posted by Leggo
nah doubt it, just tend to pay attention to what i need, not what people also have hehe , could have said "purple monkey dishwasher" for all i knew hehe

U know what ur right! Yeah I like Purple Monkey Dishwashers, and as u say i prob wudn't have noticed it :P

I'm off for the night.

Later

neGev

Ye couldn't beat Google with a big schtick, in all fairness.

aclane

hehe me 2! until....I found googles translator hehe
http://www.google.ie/language_tools?hl=en [/B][/QUOTE]


Me Too:)

phreak

Google > Altavista

nothing more to be said tbh.

Woden

Its gotta be google, don't even use altavista always heard that google was/is the best

El_MUERkO

Google toolbar is the first thing i get when log onto the internet on a new computer.

PPC

I much prefer Google Bar 2
Has pop up blocking in it now, but still a bit buggy.
Aswell as that with both google bars if you click the little blue i you can translate to english aswell.

padraigmyers

My vote definetly goes to google too.

I think the main reason that google has done so well is because of the simple banner free look, and its so damm quick, espically if you are on a dial-up.

Long live Google!!

weemcd

no need for alta vista now!

byte

Google.ie everytime. It pwns j00 tbh

Has anyone tried www.turbo10.com yet?

Webmonkey

Adrian - Have we changed your mind

adeypius

Goooooooooogle

PH01

Haven't been back to Altavista in a long time. 5 years ago it used to be the best by far. That was until Google came along, and like everyone else I've been using it ever since.

But the new Altavista looks good and it has some nice features, including search result categorisation.

Adrian

to tell you the truth when I'm searching for something I always try the two of them. Becuase google finds a lot of crap sites aswell as good in its top 10 but altavista the majority of the time has top sites in its top 10.