On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:53:33 +0100, davidof
<david.george@g-dumpthisbit-mail.com> wrote:

>DavidK wrote:
>> search for
>>
>> gol airlines brazil
>>
>> GOL is the name of a low-cost airline in brazil.
>>
>> Yahoo gets it at 1 and 2. Google shows us a M$ customer service
>> satisfaction summary! And the airlines site is nowhere.
>>
>> How long is it going to take before this silly idea that G is cool
>> dies?
>>
>> David.
>>
>
>on the other hand if you typed in:
>
> > Gol Linhas A?reas

Since I don't speak portugese, that' not so simple.

>
>GOL Airlines is the first result.
>
>If you has searched for just
>
> > Gol
>
>it is the 2nd result in Google.

This is true but again google is unhelpful (and wose than yahoo).

google shows me titles for results 2/3 for search GOL (all I scan
before making the a more specific search gol airline etc.)

2. www.voegol.com.br/index_ie.htm
3. Checando browser

Neither tell me enough (doing a quick scan only) to think they are
what I want.

Only if I actually read the text under #3 will I work out that it's
probably the site I want (which I wouldn't ever do when doing this
sort of search)

Yahoo on the other hand when asked for GOL gives

2......:GOL:..:LINHAS A?REAS INTELIGENTES:......

which is enough for me in quick scan mode to see it's what I want.

So Yahoo once again gives a much more helpful result.

IOW Yahoo is better than google.

David.

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