A Comparative Study of two major Search Engines: Google and Yahoo
Sushma Malik · Oriental journal of computer science and technology · 2014
With the initiation of the Web and search engines, online searching has become a common method for obtaining information. People search for information on a daily basis, for various purposes: for help with job-related tasks or schoolwork, or just for enjoyment. Searching is the second most common online activity after email. On a typical day more than half of Internet users are searching the Internet using a search engine. Web searching is an easy and convenient way to find information. Web search provide searchers with almost instant access to millions of search results, but the quality of the information linked to by these search results is rough. Some of this information may be incorrect, or come from unreliable sources. Today, So many search engines available on the Internet, such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, AltaVista, MSN Search and Ice rocket. These search engines provide different features and efficiencies. Obviously, we cannot use all of them at the same time, so we can get confused, which one is the best? Which one should I use? The present study is trying to answer these questions by comparing two search Engines: Google and Yahoo.