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I don’t know if many people remember this, but there was some drama a year ago with the launch of a new search engine called Cuil (pronounced cool… like cool beans!). The search engine was created by a former employee of Google, Anna Patterson and her husband, Tom Costello. When I used Cuil for the first time, I really didn’t think it was all that cool. To me, it seemed like a dark color spin off version of Google. (Go figure, right?)

Many years ago when Google took search by storm, I believe that they too also recognized the fact that “search” really isn’t the most important thing to people who use the Internet. Personalization and communication were vital too. While indeed there was a huge buzz about Google, many people just couldn’t make that official “switch” from setting their home page set from places such as Yahoo over to them. Reason being, Google didn’t provide everything an Internet user needed in order to be called home. (more…)

Can Bing overtake Google in the search engine war? And what about Yahoo!

Over the last month I have personally seen many television commercials, radio broadcasts, and Internet campaigns promoting the new Bing search engine. I have to admit, Bing is doing much better than I would have thought, but the question still remains: Can Bing overtake Google? And what about Yahoo!

Bing.com looks appealing and simple. The homepage is very attractive and quite well designed. I have to admit, that if I were a former user having my homepage set to Yahoo!, I would be more likely to switch to Bing than Google, simply due to first impressions based off appearance. (more…)