The battlefield of search engines seems to be getting intense, with so many options and consistent innovation, IT companies are stepping up to prove their uniqueness to the competitive global world.

This blog post however aims at putting forth a comparison of 3 search engines namely Google, InstaGrok and DuckDuckGo.

Google!

Google is our very own favorite, most commonly known and widely used search engine. I don’t know how’d I even survive without Google. I have to even enter HOTMAIL.COM in the Google search bar, before opening it up. “Googling” is our addiction towards using Google Search Engine for every online search. It just doesn’t limit to that, Google Search engine has expanded the horizons of searching on web. The services range from a simple web search to locating places, estimating travelling time through complex Google maps. Everything about Google seems to be on the fingertips of Internet users.

In order to understand the interface of these websites. I selected “Digital media project” as the key term to search in these engines.

The interface is very simple and user friendly. Google shows the best results on top and then takes you down to the less reviewed or tagged searches. However, at times Google tends to limit the search results being shown and going a couple of pages ahead you do tend to find what you’re looking for. But how Google is used extensively for online search can’t be matched. Our professor’s, friends and colleagues won’t request us to SEARCH something. We’ll always come across the term, GOOGLE up!

DuckDuckGo!

DuckDuckGo seemed to me a highly simple version of Google. As the interface is similar to that of Google but with limited options to quick search. However it was amusing to see the search results produced by the search engine, it offered more practical results and I liked the fact that there were no ads through out the web search. It made the visual search experience more appealing. However, it definitely lack most of the quick search options, for example Google has quick search tabs on the home page that direct you towards a more refined search.

instaGrok!

A very interesting search engine, with an interactive interface, when you put your search keywords, a brainstorm map pops up and your search results are broken down into multiple categories. It looks like a “GEEK” search engine, as it gets way ahead into making things complex by showing results that depict in depth analyses of the keywords and formulating the relevant categories.

I think using this website would be favorable for researchers, who’re involved in extensive, in-depth research and study. The interface of the website is interesting but difficult to get along by new users. It’ll definitely be a good resource for researchers.

Our reliance on a search engine is very much dependent on our home page and default search engine. If you want to analyze your prospects with any search engine. Simply give the search engine sometime and analyze its feel.

You can change your default search engine from Google to any other through the following settings-

1) open settings in chrome >> Chrome://settings