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		richtaur on Aug 19, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Yahoo a better search engine than Google? I work at Yahoo! and... no, it's not. It's objectively slower and the results are subjectively not as accurate.

IsaacSchlueter on Aug 19, 2008 [–]

The speed and result quality are pretty comparable, actually.

What it lacks is a colorful row of o's.

Once you're past the point of "good enough", search is all about brand recognition. http://foohack.com/2008/06/hacking-the-google-favicon/

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