The net is overwhelmed with the 2008 Olympic coverage and search trends indicate the Olympics is indeed on most peoples minds. You would think then that the search engines would get this right. So, if I make a search for “Olympic Medal” chances are I am looking for the medal winners results. Let’s check out what the major search engines think..
Google brings back some rather uninspiring results, pictures of a few medals and some factual information about the origins of the medal itself. Hardly current and not really what I was looking for.
Yahoo with the same search term ” Olympic Medal” brings back a surprisingly accurate, current and informative search result: (Big cheer here)
Microsoft Live Search isn’t far behind Yahoo at all and brings back country results, if not quite as extensive:
In conclusion, we have to say that Yahoo is the clear winner for the search term ” Olympic Medal” with second place going to Live Search and a disappointing third place going to Google.
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14th August 2008 @ 16:11
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I know that searches such as [medal count] would trigger it, but looks like Google added [olympic medal] so that you see our count now as well.
18th August 2008 @ 21:23
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Excellent, we can now see the table as clear as day.
19th August 2008 @ 09:42
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Google has the same thing: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=olympic+medals&btnG=Google+Search A quick upgrade after Yahoo?