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Jun 07 2009

Shitty Search Engine Week

Posted by: Michael Slater in Uncategorized

I kept saying that Wolfram Alpha was this year’s Segway. All this buildup and then …pffft.

But I was wrong.

Wolfram Alpha is worse than a Segway. At least if you ride a Segway it’s fun for 20 minutes. Wolfram Alpha just sucks.

one cup of butter in grams - Wolfram|Alpha

Even BING gave a tolerable result!

one cup butter in grams - Bing

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2 Responses to “Shitty Search Engine Week”

Jan says: June 8th, 2009 at 11:26 am

What is your take on Bing?
Michael Slater says: June 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am

Bing sucks too. It’s like a partial google with a skin. neat.