Comments on: BlindSearch evaluates Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/06/07/blindsearch-evaluates-google-bing-and-yahoo-search-engines/ EBB is the ebiquity research group\\\'s blog at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). We focus on technologies that facilitate the design, implementation and control of distributed, intelligent information systems -- mobile and pervasive computing, ad hoc networking, multiagent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the semantic web. As the tides of technology ebb and flow, we hope the good ideas wash up on our beach and the bad ones drift back out to sea. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David W http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/06/07/blindsearch-evaluates-google-bing-and-yahoo-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-29626 David W Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:32:06 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=1945#comment-29626 This is not as blind as one would like. Google have made it clear publicly on a number of occasions that their results have a strong ordering for certain types of queries. For example, try searching for 'dung beetle' and note the YouTube link at the 4th position on one of the columns. Similarly, I think they've stated that public "Google Profiles" pages appear after the 10th hit. This is not as blind as one would like. Google have made it clear publicly on a number of occasions that their results have a strong ordering for certain types of queries. For example, try searching for ‘dung beetle’ and note the YouTube link at the 4th position on one of the columns.

Similarly, I think they’ve stated that public “Google Profiles” pages appear after the 10th hit.

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