Sunday, February 15, 2009

search engine task

I have always used Google as my primary search engine and found it extremely quick and easy to use, so I was looking forward to seeing is effectiveness compared to another search engine. I used Google to search for Alaskan Amber a beer I found on a recent trip to the US. The search found 3,650,000 results in 0.17 seconds with the first hit being the Alaskam Brewing Company.

TOP 5 RESULTS FROM GOOGLE

1. ALASKAN AMBER :: ALASKAN PALE :: ALASKAN STOUT : BARLEY WINE : ALASKAN IPA : SMOKED PORTER : WINTER ALE : SUMMER ALE ... Click here to read Disclaimer, Alaskan Brewing Company 5429 Shaune Dr., Juneau, Alaska 99801-9540 p (907) 780.5866 ...
www.alaskanbeer.com/ - 6k - Cached - Similar pages -
Gear Store
Amber
Recipes
Our Brew
Fun Stuff
Smoked Porter
FAQ
Our Crew

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2. Alaskan Brewing Company - Our Brew - Amber

Alaskan Amber is based on a recipe from a turn-of-the-century brewery in the Juneau area. It was voted "Best Beer in the Nation" in the 1988 Great American ...
www.alaskanbeer.com/amber.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages -
3. Life in Amber: In Amber - Google Books Result
by George O. Poinar - 1992 - Science - 350 pages
Uslnger and Smith (1957) cite reports from the Eskimos about an amber bay and ... According to these authors, in order to obtain amber from Umnak Island, ...
books.google.com.au/books?isbn=0804720010...
4. Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, and Ethnobotany - Google Books Result
by Jean H. Langenheim - 2003 - Nature - 586 pages
Using Py-MS, however, Poinar and Haverkamp (1985) supported a close relationship of this Alaskan amber to Agathis-type resin. Poinar (1992a) also noted that ...
books.google.com.au/books?isbn=0881925748...
5. Alaskan Amber - Alaskan Brewing Co. - BeerAdvocate

Alaskan Amber, Altbier style beer from Alaskan Brewing Co. in Juneau, Alaska, beer reviews for Alaskan Amber

I used Corpernicus as the comparision for the search for Alaskan Amber. The search had a total of 68 hits with the first hit being Shopping.com Australia.
TOP 5 RESULTS FROM CORPERNICUS
1.
Alaskan Amber
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Sponsored by: au.Shopping.com/Alaskan+Amber/ [Found on Ads by Google]
2.
Alaskan Amber Reviews
1000s of beer reviews and ratings Catalog the beers you've tried.
Sponsored by: LivingSocial.com [Found on Ads by Yahoo!]
3.
Alaskan Brewing Company - Our Brew - Amb...
Fishing is a way of life in Alaska and inspired the Alaskan Amber label. Click here for the story behind the Alaskan Amber fishing boat. ...
www.alaskanbeer.com/amber.html [Found on Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
4.
Alaskan Brewing Company
Offering a variety of porters, ales and seasonal beers. ... ALASKAN AMBER :: ALASKAN PALE :: ALASKAN STOUT : BARLEY WINE : ALASKAN IPA : ...
www.alaskanbeer.com/ [Found on Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
5.
Alaskan Amber - Alaskan Brewing Co. - Be...
Find or write reviews and ratings for Alaskan Amber. ... Poured dark amber color with an average frothy white head that diminished slowly ...
beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/429/1309 [Found on Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
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TO be honest Goggle wins hands down.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Google is great but having alternatives is harmless. I myself don't do my searches on google 100%. I also use other search engines like Find.com every now and then. Google ain't perfect.