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  • deadnoob, on 03/03/2008, -40/+493a correct comparison would be with http://search.yahoo.com/

    yahoo isnt just a search engine like google.com. its more like igoogle
    http://www.google.com/ig

    but the title is right, google's the best.
  • Dested, on 03/03/2008, -14/+314Real men use about:blank
  • mrfreeziexp, on 03/03/2008, -16/+260Wow, AOL is a total rip off of Yahoo..
  • MonarchWastxD, on 03/03/2008, -17/+210This is why I refuse to use those other websites - there's so much ***** on them half the time I don't know whether I'm searching or I'm watching some video of their latest blog that's advertising how much stocks are up somewhere in China. The other search engine providers should take a hint - if people want to make a homepage; let them make it instead of you sticking crap everywhere. Ref: iGoogle, BBC.co.uk, netvibes.com
  • drinkdrankdrunk, on 03/03/2008, -11/+196K.I.S.S.
  • MCCULLAH, on 03/03/2008, -6/+173yea but who says "oh just search it up on search.yahoo.com"
  • inactive, on 03/03/2008, -24/+155search.aol.com
    search.live.com
    search.yahoo.com

    AOL. Yahoo and MSN are web PORTALS and all create original content, Google is mostly a search engine.
    My homepage is set to Google and I use it all the time but it has absolutely nothing to do with what submitter tries to imply.
  • afidler, on 03/03/2008, -14/+136google.com gets you the basic page, yahoo.com gets you the bloated page...it's comparing the MAIN pages.
  • Akronos, on 03/03/2008, -9/+115No. I gave you some grayspace instead. Buried.
  • tuh2, on 03/03/2008, -4/+95Why are you people digging him down?

    Keep It Simple Stupid
  • inactive, on 03/03/2008, -2/+88Ha. The AOL search is "Enhanced by google"
  • Colesif, on 03/03/2008, -8/+88It's because they know, and are sure to let us know, what their main focus is. Google is a search engine, Yahoo and AOL are cluster *****.
  • Dumbledorito, on 03/03/2008, -10/+86Google CAN be quite cluttered. It's all user preference. My Google homepage looks just as plain as anything, while my wife has all the gadgets installed for news, weather, etc.

    I do fear for the day when Google passes into the hands of those who didn't found it. Hopefully by then the Google systems will be self-aware and take out anyone who tries to screw things up by transferring them to the tech support phone desk or something.
  • SquigglyP, on 03/03/2008, -15/+71except, you know, AOL was around first.
  • ToadLeg, on 03/03/2008, -2/+56Yahoo clearly did not copy google.com because their logo is to the right of the search box, not above it.
  • thatsmyaibo, on 03/03/2008, -2/+54Actually this is exactly the reason Google's search engine took off. This isn't new news. People wanted simplicity while doing an online search.
  • petard, on 03/03/2008, -1/+51I hadn't noticed because I haven't visited AOL.com in about 8 years.
  • EvilCan, on 03/03/2008, -2/+52There's no way I'd ever put something that loads so slow as my homepage.
  • slippiefist, on 03/03/2008, -4/+54Real men use goatse.cz. What, just me?
  • viewdrix, on 03/03/2008, -2/+51Or, more importantly, types in "search.yahoo.com"?
  • Raian, on 03/03/2008, -4/+51There was a time not too long ago when Yahoo.com actually had a clean, simple interface... that was when Yahoo actually mattered.
  • SpectreFire, on 03/03/2008, -3/+50And they always send me these sweet ass shiny plastic coasters!
  • AZTriGuy, on 03/03/2008, -3/+47What does Gene Simmons have to do with any of this?
  • stutimandal, on 03/03/2008, -6/+47Google search box in firefox/opera/safari/IE means you don't even need to go to google.com. Just type the search keywords in browser.
  • Chris71990, on 03/03/2008, -10/+51If Google is best why is this picture on a Yahoo site?
  • u8myfoood, on 03/03/2008, -8/+46noob!
  • thecheatah, on 03/03/2008, -5/+42Google lets you make your own portal! iGoogle!
  • djepik, on 03/03/2008, -5/+42and lets not forget about google.ca, google.co.uk, google.fr.......
  • Wartz, on 03/03/2008, -1/+37yes, its 6 extra letters to type
  • EvilCan, on 03/03/2008, -4/+38Why the hell would I want to type search.yahoo.com/web to get to a clean search interface?
  • mrfreeziexp, on 03/03/2008, -1/+34But Yahoo came up with that design first.
  • Chompy, on 03/03/2008, -8/+38Yeah, it was great when yahoo showed me those banner ads for a product I didn't even know I needed. Sure my search results sucked, but now that I've got my new abdominizer, I couldn't care less about search!
  • Ribbed4U, on 03/03/2008, -3/+32Dugg for self-aware Google systems.
  • darkane, on 03/03/2008, -0/+26To those of you making comments about AOL 'being around first': The point mrfreeziexp was making is that the AOL home page is an (almost) identical rip-off of the Yahoo! home page, because the Yahoo! home page (not the company) used that design first. This is not a hard concept to understand, even for arrogant people.
  • daftie, on 03/03/2008, -9/+35I'm feeling the warm welcome... I just wish it weren't from your pee.
  • sik0fewl, on 03/03/2008, -9/+35Yeah, try comparing these:
    http://www.google.com/
    http://search.yahoo.com/
    http://search.aol.com/

    or these:
    http://www.google.com/ig
    http://www.yahoo.com/
    http://www.aol.com/

    I agree there's a reason that Google's the best, but the screenshot does not adequately explain it :)
  • vacax, on 03/03/2008, -2/+26The title says BEST, not "most visited."
  • Ajajadude, on 03/03/2008, -4/+27As far as simplicity is concerned, typing google.com versus search.yahoo.com, google.com is a hell of a lot quicker.
  • blorguehad, on 03/03/2008, -4/+26Google also lets you maximize your time, look at the content you want (not make u look at content it wants to brainwahs with), and has wicked nice themes like the one i got, some monster whos in water by a city and sometimes a barge is full of ice cream!!!
  • dindia, on 03/03/2008, -0/+21Some guy mentioned ysearch.com, it redirects to search.yahoo.com.
    So you could be ultra gay, and tell people "just ysearch it"... Me, I'll stick to my Oxford-certified Google
  • carterbaldwin, on 03/03/2008, -2/+23lol at #31.
  • DixonPro, on 03/03/2008, -2/+23I love you. In a completely inside out ***** kind of way
  • mystdragon333, on 03/03/2008, -8/+29Yeah, this is why I'm voting for Ron Paul.
  • Septimus, on 03/03/2008, -0/+20Your username just got more disturbing.
  • zzzpoohzzz, on 03/03/2008, -1/+21wonder where they got that idea...
  • freezerburn819, on 03/03/2008, -1/+20skynet.....
  • 80hd, on 03/03/2008, -1/+20Alwxa is obviously slanted.....
    hi5 traffic >wikipedia?
    Yeah ***** right
  • geoken, on 03/03/2008, -12/+31No he shouldn't. I've never heard of ysearch but I do know about google.com and yahoo.com.
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