Nice work Google!
Google is undoubtedly the best search engine around. Not only is it the most user-friendly, but it is also the best from a technical perspective.
Today I analyzed my server logs, specifically I wanted to see how search engines indexed my site, what pages they indexed - and in what order. This highlighted some interesting things:
Google:
- Index every day
- All pages
Yahoo:
- Index every 1 to 9 days
- Only index some pages (usually only old ones, not the latest)
- Are more focused on indexing the links in the footer than in the body-content
MSN
- Index every 1-3 days
- Only index some pages (usually only old ones / or section index pages)
- Always index the RSS/ATOM feeds (although they never show up when searching for them)
Only a few other search engines ever visit this site, and if the do it is usually a single visit (indexing only 1-7 pages)
I think this illustrates why Google has better search results. They index much more frequently and are more thorough doing so. This gives Google a much better data foundation than the other search engines.
Good job!
Published: Jun. 8, 2004 in Technology
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