[MK Chris]

Look who's celebrating their fifth birthday.



Yeah, I know - it's worse than Kendra's thread about the TalkSport bloke who won't talk about other DJs.

[Sheep]

hmmmm, yea

[David]

I've been using the internet for 5 years now... but it's only in the last year I have actually started using Google as the only search engine I ever use.

[timb]

im on at least 7 years, and probably google for 3. i used to use altavista before that, but in comparison it sucks. the fact that google has a monopoly worries me, but it just so much better than ought else

[Moz]

I've been online for about 7 or 8 years and I've always used yahoo and will continue to. I know that it's powered by google these days but I'd still rather use yahoo that google direct.

[Morals]

im on at least 7 years, and probably google for 3. i used to use altavista before that, but in comparison it sucks. the fact that google has a monopoly worries me, but it just so much better than ought else

How exactly does Google have a monopoly? A lot of people useit but lots of people still use Yahoo, Lycos, Alta Vista, Webcrawler, Ask Jeeves.....

[Eddie]

I use dogpile.com, It's great. It's a metasearch so searches loads of search engines for you then displays all the results.

[timb]

im on at least 7 years, and probably google for 3. i used to use altavista before that, but in comparison it sucks. the fact that google has a monopoly worries me, but it just so much better than ought else

How exactly does Google have a monopoly? A lot of people useit but lots of people still use Yahoo, Lycos, Alta Vista, Webcrawler, Ask Jeeves.....

If you add up the statistics for google and all the sites that are powered by google, you have most of the market.

[Spoon]

I used to always use Altavista but then they changed the front page so, over a modem, it took longer to load. Used Yahoo for a while but I got in the habit of liking the minimalist design and Google is best for that. It's the fastest homepage that's also useful.
Oh and it's easier to spell than altavista

[Morals]

There's always http://www.aj.com if you need one that's easy to spell.....

[kendra k]

google is mispelled... in away.

[Spoon]

google is mispelled... in away.

It's a combination of goggle, ie to stare with wide eyes and googol which is 10 to the power of 100.

Quite clever from a marketing standpoint (although not being in marketing it's not really a standpoint, more a thought).

[timb]

googol is the number one

[Nablo.]

I thought Google had been added to the dictionary as - To search.

[~JACQUI~]

bloody google. it annoys me. saying that, its the only search engine I use!

[MK Chris]

Maybe you should use a different one then.

[Sidders]

When I discovered Google I never looked back. I've only been using it since I started uni though, I'd never heard of it before that.

[Mcqueen_]

When I discovered Google I never looked back. I've only been using it since I started uni though, I'd never heard of it before that.

Sounds like a cheesy advert.

I've always used google too.

[Adam]

This is a crap thread. Yawn -Topher, you should know better.

[kendra k]

certainly is.

google is awesome, y'all lazy sods.

[Spoon]

Damn I'm bored. Just did a search on google.co.uk for search engines. Google came 6th. Altavista was first.
Only another 13 mins to go until I can leave by the clock by my boss's desk......

[kendra k]

i can't find who voted against germany joining the UN in 1973. this is pissing me off!

[Gigglyboots]

Google all the way. It's the simplest, quickest and nicest on the eye.

[Adam]

There are better search engines than Goooogle.

[David]

I managed to download the google toolbar for internet explorer so it gives me a nice little search box without having to go to the google.com web page - it also blocks popups, which is great. Although my Norton Internet Security is supposed to do that, but doesnt.