What Search Page Appeals To You the Most?

March 5, 2008

With a handful of decent search sites out there, I often wonder what criteria people follow when selecting their search engine of choice. GiggleSugar and I were both in agreeance that we like the simplicity of Google's page and prefer it over ad and link-filled sites like Yahoo!, AOL, and MSN. However, I did happen to show her my pimped out iGoogle page, which is jam packed with gadgets and applications — and bright colors, naturally. But for some reason, since they are all features approved and selected by me (minus any ads), I like it just as much as the basic Google search page. What do you think? Is simpler always better or do you like checking out what the main site has to offer?

40 Comments

amh678 5 years 10 weeks

I'm a Google girl! I google everything.

carhornsinapril 5 years 10 weeks

Google, and by extension, Blackle.

Baby Girl 5 years 10 weeks

I am such a google girl. If I use something else, I don't feel like I'm getting all the possible results.

cottonpoots 5 years 11 weeks

Yahoo!'s my homepage, but I always use Google to look something up. It's not bogged down with any other crap, and that makes the page load even faster.

caroline 5 years 11 weeks

never a question. google all the way.

aoitenshi 5 years 11 weeks

Definitely Google! I like how minimalist it is.

Disenchanted 5 years 11 weeks

Google

shini 5 years 11 weeks

poor aol

magickalrealism 5 years 11 weeks

I am really turned off by search engines with litter all over them - back before Google existed I would seek out Alta Vista and Hotbot just to avoid the clutter. I have a hard time seeing search engines other than yahoo and Google as legitimate in part because of all the clutter.

leeluvfashion 5 years 11 weeks

I use MSN the most.

ocpinay 5 years 11 weeks

I even use google in place of the word search nowadays - and I quote - "I heard that you needed an application for building social networks? Why don't you Google it?"

0danielle0 5 years 11 weeks

Do people still use anything other than Google? Weird...

tdamji 5 years 11 weeks

google for sure.

Princesskitty22 5 years 11 weeks

I like Google.

Jude C 5 years 11 weeks

I haven't used anything but Google in years.

smoochiez 5 years 11 weeks

its kind of obvious how google is the winner. thats how their company grew in popularity so fast.

verily 5 years 11 weeks

I prefer the clean simplicity of Google. I even refuse to use iGoogle because it would clutter up the search page.

tmmkitten 5 years 11 weeks

i prefer the clean look, and the other features that google has on their igoogle page.

LadyAngel89 5 years 11 weeks

I also prefer google now because a lot of indexed pages are on google that are not on other search engines like yahoo. I believe yahoo is just being phased out as a web search... anyone remember webcrawler? ... the original webcrawler? lol yeah