alek : "guess Microsoft employees use what works for them ..."This is actually a very true statement. I've worked with many Microsoft employees (mainly on consulting projects) and for the most part they are very open. Some people come in to work with an iBook others with a Linux run laptop. For the most part their general philosophy is "if it helps you get your job done use it." Also, in response to the parent, just because the boss says to "hate Google" doesn't mean that I have to. If I'm at risk for loosing my job over using Google, then I'll switch to what the company policy tells me to use. Until then my motto is "If you can't find it on Google, then you're probably SOL."
"Which search engines are used by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Apple Employees based on a very limited sample size from traffic to an individual web site from 2005-11-14 to 2006-06-17"That would be accurate title. In statistics you're reaching conclusions about the larger population from samples of less than the population, so you should (in theory) qualify your data, lest you look like you're hiding something.The owner of the website qualified his data, the story submitter did not.
Some wierd things in those stats. Look at all the people using Firefox 1.0 still! Or how about the MS people still on Windows NT?!? I also was a little suprised that there were no Mac users at Google and how few IE users there were at Yahoo.
jokerrJun 20, 2006
alek : "guess Microsoft employees use what works for them ..."This is actually a very true statement. I've worked with many Microsoft employees (mainly on consulting projects) and for the most part they are very open. Some people come in to work with an iBook others with a Linux run laptop. For the most part their general philosophy is "if it helps you get your job done use it." Also, in response to the parent, just because the boss says to "hate Google" doesn't mean that I have to. If I'm at risk for loosing my job over using Google, then I'll switch to what the company policy tells me to use. Until then my motto is "If you can't find it on Google, then you're probably SOL."
janglesJun 20, 2006
The last sentence at the end of the page explains it all. I wouldn't invest a lot into this.
cogenJun 20, 2006
"Which search engines are used by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Apple Employees based on a very limited sample size from traffic to an individual web site from 2005-11-14 to 2006-06-17"That would be accurate title. In statistics you're reaching conclusions about the larger population from samples of less than the population, so you should (in theory) qualify your data, lest you look like you're hiding something.The owner of the website qualified his data, the story submitter did not.
rileyjtJun 20, 2006
Some wierd things in those stats. Look at all the people using Firefox 1.0 still! Or how about the MS people still on Windows NT?!? I also was a little suprised that there were no Mac users at Google and how few IE users there were at Yahoo.
xtheeliminatorJun 20, 2006
Yeah, it implies that the webhost doesnt want to pay for analytics.
msoloJun 20, 2006
The data is statistically insignificant to an absurd extent. Don't even waste your time.