Search itself is simply too hard to judge. Since many of the results in the top 10 (at least in my test searches) were the same but perhaps jumbled a bit, I personally think it doesn't matter that much.
Day to day I use search for two things: very general information and looking up code errors. Code error searches will pull up the same mailing lists and forums no matter which search engine you use, and a general information search will either pull up an official website or a Wikipedia page on any search engine. 9 times out of 10 that's sufficient.
There's no superficial reason to why I use Google over Bing or Yahoo!, just simply that I've always used it and I'm always satisfied with it. Yes, I also like its interface the most and non-search related Google applications are generally amazing, but I wouldn't be any less productive if suddenly I switched to Bing for all my search.
(Although I might simply just be biased towards Google... they did just give me a free phone!)
I think the 40/30/30 results that are currently posted on there show that. For the most part it's relatively even, and honestly Google is probably winning just because some die hards are bent on making sure their favorite wins.
Day to day I use search for two things: very general information and looking up code errors. Code error searches will pull up the same mailing lists and forums no matter which search engine you use, and a general information search will either pull up an official website or a Wikipedia page on any search engine. 9 times out of 10 that's sufficient.
There's no superficial reason to why I use Google over Bing or Yahoo!, just simply that I've always used it and I'm always satisfied with it. Yes, I also like its interface the most and non-search related Google applications are generally amazing, but I wouldn't be any less productive if suddenly I switched to Bing for all my search.
(Although I might simply just be biased towards Google... they did just give me a free phone!)
I think the 40/30/30 results that are currently posted on there show that. For the most part it's relatively even, and honestly Google is probably winning just because some die hards are bent on making sure their favorite wins.