Google (etc) vs Altavista

[Gymdandy@webtv.net]

I have been very dissatisfied with my results from Google. So I tried
others like Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, Overture, Search.com, MSN etc.. But
they all came up with about the same

Then I went to Altavista and I got very different results. I tried a
couple of other searches and still Altavista is the only one that gives
me significantly different results.

I know nothing about search engines. Can someone please tell me why
Altavista seems to be the only one using a different set of criteria?
And what is it?

[Scottrade Fan]

I was very happy with google until about three weeks ago. The relevancy is
gone. I used to stand by google and think it was the best, now I am really
starting to wonder. Whatever there last big shake up was really made their
results unreliable.


<Gymdandy@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> I have been very dissatisfied with my results from Google. So I tried
> others like Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, Overture, Search.com, MSN etc.. But
> they all came up with about the same
>
> Then I went to Altavista and I got very different results. I tried a
> couple of other searches and still Altavista is the only one that gives
> me significantly different results.
>
> I know nothing about search engines. Can someone please tell me why
> Altavista seems to be the only one using a different set of criteria?
> And what is it?
>

[Philipp Lenssen]

Gymdandy@webtv.net wrote:

> I have been very dissatisfied with my results from Google. So I tried
> others like Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, Overture, Search.com, MSN etc..
> But they all came up with about the same
>
> Then I went to Altavista and I got very different results. I tried a
> couple of other searches and still Altavista is the only one that
> gives me significantly different results.

You are wrong. AltaVista is showing the same results as Yahoo (they are
owned by Yahoo).

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[Barbara de Zoete]

On 20 Dec 2004 11:33:29 GMT, Philipp Lenssen <info@outer-court.com> wrote:

> Gymdandy@webtv.net wrote:
>
>> I have been very dissatisfied with my results from Google. So I tried
>> others like Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, Overture, Search.com, MSN etc..
>> But they all came up with about the same
>>
>> Then I went to Altavista and I got very different results. I tried a
>> couple of other searches and still Altavista is the only one that
>> gives me significantly different results.
>
> You are wrong.

Are you sure?

> AltaVista is showing the same results as Yahoo (they are
> owned by Yahoo).
>

This may be so, but the results are _not_ the same the way I see them (search
queries brought down to the bear minimum for this case):

<http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=zweefvliegen>
<http://www.altavista.com/web/results?q=zweefvliegen>

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[Big Bill]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:01:04 +0100, "Barbara de Zoete"
<b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 20 Dec 2004 11:33:29 GMT, Philipp Lenssen <info@outer-court.com> wrote:
>
>> Gymdandy@webtv.net wrote:
>>
>>> I have been very dissatisfied with my results from Google. So I tried
>>> others like Yahoo, Hotbot, Dogpile, Overture, Search.com, MSN etc..
>>> But they all came up with about the same
>>>
>>> Then I went to Altavista and I got very different results. I tried a
>>> couple of other searches and still Altavista is the only one that
>>> gives me significantly different results.
>>
>> You are wrong.
>
>Are you sure?

Alta Vista is owned by Yahoo but they tweak the results a bit
different.

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[Philipp Lenssen]

Barbara de Zoete wrote:

> On 20 Dec 2004 11:33:29 GMT, Philipp Lenssen <info@outer-court.com>
> wrote:
>

> > AltaVista is showing the same results as Yahoo (they are
> > owned by Yahoo).
> >
>
> This may be so, but the results are not the same the way I see them
> (search queries brought down to the bear minimum for this case):
>
> <http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=zweefvliegen>
> <http://www.altavista.com/web/results?q=zweefvliegen>

There may be fluctuations and minor differences, but yes, they are
pretty much the same.

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