Comments on: WolframAlpha beats Google for Results and Usability but not Brand http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/2009/05/wolframalpha-beats-google-for-results-and-usability-but-not-brand/ User experience - user centred design - usability and accessibility Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sonic Bass http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/2009/05/wolframalpha-beats-google-for-results-and-usability-but-not-brand/#comment-595 Sonic Bass Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:37:58 +0000 http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/?p=119#comment-595 What a strange search engine What a strange search engine

]]> By: Rebecca Gorman http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/2009/05/wolframalpha-beats-google-for-results-and-usability-but-not-brand/#comment-56 Rebecca Gorman Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:03 +0000 http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/?p=119#comment-56 Easy. Google's search dominance could be beaten by better results and usability. This is, after all, how Google rose to prominence when Yahoo had the search brand 'no one could beat' and Google was an unknown brand. Easy. Google’s search dominance could be beaten by better results and usability. This is, after all, how Google rose to prominence when Yahoo had the search brand ‘no one could beat’ and Google was an unknown brand.

]]> By: Adam Eve http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/2009/05/wolframalpha-beats-google-for-results-and-usability-but-not-brand/#comment-30 Adam Eve Thu, 28 May 2009 14:02:45 +0000 http://bunnyfoot.com/blog/?p=119#comment-30 I'm personally running out of confidence with Google. Even when it's clear that a search is technical, the results are dissapointingly general and can be tedious to wade through. Enclosing phrases in double quotes or using a minus sign just don't 100% work anymore. 'Want to search for source code? Head over to http://www.google.com/codesearch for an unsolicited experience in masochism! ...But wheres the alternative? Until something else comes along, Google is all there is. I hope WolframAlpha can succeed, or for that matter Microsofts new effort; Bing. ...But WolframAlpha?!* who chose that name? Is it a new fighter plane or something that does "bad things" to Saddam? I’m personally running out of confidence with Google. Even when it’s clear that a search is technical, the results are dissapointingly general and can be tedious to wade through. Enclosing phrases in double quotes or using a minus sign just don’t 100% work anymore.

‘Want to search for source code? Head over to http://www.google.com/codesearch for an unsolicited experience in masochism!

…But wheres the alternative? Until something else comes along, Google is all there is. I hope WolframAlpha can succeed, or for that matter Microsofts new effort; Bing.
…But WolframAlpha?!* who chose that name? Is it a new fighter plane or something that does “bad things” to Saddam?

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