Can WebFetch out-Google Google?

Author: Wil Harris
Published: 30th March 2007
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Did you know that Bit-tech Ltd isn't us?

Did you know that Bit-tech Ltd isn't us?

Chances are that 99.9% of all the searching you do on the net is on Google. In fact, some people would go so far as to say that if it's not on Google, it's not on the web.

But that ignores the fact that there are other search engines out there which will return a different set of results. Whilst Google might be the best search engine most of the time, do you know what you're missing out on?

WebFetch aims to be a search aggregator, pulling together the best links from Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask, as well as shopping from Kelkoo. By cross-referencing results from the different engines, WebFetch aims to produce a comprehensive set of links ranked and referenced by authority.

Adding a Web 2.0 spin to the flavour, however, WebFetch can also search online videos and podcasts, enabling you to find your favourites and discover new clips.

A quick WebFetch search for Wil Harris puts some musician chap higher up the ranking than me, which is clearly wrong since I'm obviously the most important Wil Harris in the world. But apart from that, the service works pretty well, and it's interesting to see the difference in results between this and Google. It's actually helped me to find a few little bits of things that I might not have done otherwise.

In an age where Google and Wikipedia can take care of almost all your information finding requirements, it's good to have something a little different to add some variety intot the mix. Check out WebFetch, then let us know our thoughts over in the forums.
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Quote David_Fitzy 30th March 2007, 12:36
when will a booble-esque version arrive web-fe*tch anyone
Quote r4tch3t 30th March 2007, 12:39
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/r4tch3t/wilsearch.jpg
And thats why Google is better
Quote DougEdey 30th March 2007, 12:45
Anyone remember Dog Pile?
Quote cpu121 30th March 2007, 15:48
Quote:
Originally Posted by r4tch3t
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o267/r4tch3t/wilsearch.jpg
And thats why Google is better
How many pages did you have to go through to reach that? :p
Quote yodasarmpit 30th March 2007, 17:41
Well one quick search and just like every other search aggregator, it returns many out of date links from the individual search engines cache's.
Do the same search in google and at least 95% are current working links.
Quote zhangmaster12 1st April 2007, 23:53
check it out, the loser wil harris http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=7675005

stupid webfetch:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/zhangmaster12/webfetchgay.jpg
oh no!! wil harris of bit-tech is not first!!

the awsome uber 1337 wil harris
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/zhangmaster12/wilharris.jpg

as you can see wil harris of bit-tech is first on google, the totally more pwneous search engine :D
Quote Colonel Sanders 2nd April 2007, 05:32
But I don't see any good map feature or e-mail from web-fetch. If returning Google search results mixed in with other junk is what makes web-fetch good, then I'd rather have the real thing.

L J
Quote ralph.pickering 2nd April 2007, 11:23
It's not the same kind of thing exactly, but one search aggregator I use every so often is www.scandoo.com. It uses google amongst others, and it's particularly useful for searching for information, shall we say... off the beaten track. For security auditing purposes of course :) In any case, it scans all the results and puts traffic lights in front: green for safe, amber and red for sites with malicious or dubious content. Great for preventing your PC from becoming spyware central during your search for an extended evaluation copy of whatever.
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