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| Feature | Bing | Yahoo! | |
| Address | www.google.com | bing.com | search.yahoo.com |
| Size | Largest - 1 trillion? | ?? | Second largest |
| File Types | web, pdf, msoffice, mac, corel, swf, rss, xml, kml, kmz | web, ppt, xls, doc, pdf | web, ppt, xls, doc, pdf, xml, rss, rdf, swf |
| Levels | Simple and Advanced (form) | Simple and Advanced (form) | Simple and Advanced (form) |
| Basic Syntax | + to require common word
or number, and to stop auto stemming - to exclude, "phrase" |
+ to require common words
or stop auto stemming - to exclude, "phrase" |
- to exclude, "phrase" |
| Boolean | OR upper case, single words - eg labour OR labor | Simple: AND, OR, NOT in caps. Nesting ( ) |
OR in uppercase. |
| Proximity | Can use * at end or beginning of a sequence of words to require those words to be near each other. Also use * as a wildcard in a phrase -- "three * ducks" or somewhere in query. | No | Can use * as a wildcard in a phrase -- "three * ducks" (Not as good as at Google) |
| Truncation/ stemming | Automatically stems some words and looks for
word variants. Turn off with + Can use ~ to pick up some variants and synonyms. ~invest for investment, investing, investor. |
Will pick up related terms - this might include singular / plural forms. Turn off with +. | Automatic singular, plural and some variants. Turn off with + |
| Restrict by date | Advanced Search: Date first indexed - 24 hours,
week, last month, 2 months, 3, 6, last year Show Options: Latest, past 24 hrs, past week, past year, date range. ** |
No | Advanced Search: Pages updated - 3 months, 6 months, year |
| Field Search | Advanced: Filters for Title, Format, URL, Domain and Site | Advanced: Specify site/domain, country/region, language. | Advanced Form: words in title or url. site/domain, file format, country, language |
| Domain | site:utoronto.ca forestry-
pages in the utoronto.ca domain that mention forestry |
site:au health - pages
about health with Australian country code. Use site: with search terms. site:utoronto.ca - find pages at utoronto.ca loc:au- find pages in Australia (any top-level domain for Australia) |
site:au- find pages
with Australian country code Site Explorer -- site:utoronto.ca - find pages at utoronto.ca. Can also use domain:utoronto.ca |
| Title or Text | allintitle:solar heat
- all words in title intitle:solar heat - solar in title, heat anywhere intitle:"solar heat" - phrase in the title. intext:milton poetry words in text. |
intitle:"solar power" basics looks for "solar power" in title and basics anywhere. | intitle:"solar energy"
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| URL | allinurl:milton poetry
pages with both words in url inurl:milton poetry milton in url, poetry anywhere |
No - but can use url: to check if site has been indexed by bing. Eg url:www.websearchguide.ca | inurl:archives |
| Feature | contains:wma finds pages with Windows Media audio files. | feature: finds pages with links to other filetypes: eg, acrobat, audio, flash, image, script, shockwave, video, vrml. | |
| Filetype | filetype:pdf search only pdf files. Also doc, ps. ppt, xls, rtf, swf, xml, rss. | filetype:pdf - also doc, rtf, xls, ppt | originurlextension:pdf
Also xls, ppt, doc, tixt, xml, rft, rss. |
| Links to Page | link:www.utoronto.ca
- pages that point to a URL info:www.websearchguide.ca brings up information about the site. inanchor:magic pages that have magic in the link text. |
No |
link:http:// www.websearch guide.ca Pages that link to a particular url. Can combine with other terms. Must have http:// linkdomain: websearch guide.ca tutorial pages that link to domain and mention tutorial * Uses Yahoo SiteExplorer. |
| Grouped By Web Site | More results from | No | More from this site. Set Preferences
to get this display. Major sites listed in left panel. ** |
| Cached Page | Yes - with date | Yes - with date | Yes - no date |
| Search w/in | Yes - bottom of page | Yes - In Advanced Search | No |
| Topical Grouping | Sometimes shows "searches related to" at top or bottom of page. Also Show Options - Wonder Wheel ** | Categories and Web Groups - depends on
query - different for health, travel, shopping. ** Related searches (shows on 1 or 2 word queries) |
Search Assist related searches and concepts. |
| Real Time ** | Twitter feed embedded in web search results
in scrolling box. (Appears rarely) Also News block. Show Options: Latest |
Bing Twitter - separate search - only for US. | Latest News in search results: tabs for news, photos, video, and sometimes Twitter. |
| Search Aids | Spelling correction automatic. Search suggestions as you type. Show Options: Timeline - view of topic over time. ** Show Options: Various views of pages. ** Define - definitions from web. Number range - 2000..2004 Recognizes addresses - map search. More listed under Web Search Features |
Spelling correction automatic. Search suggestions as you type. Shortcuts for definitions, conversions, financial quotes, calculations, weather. |
Spelling correction automatic. Shortcuts - dictionary, encyclopedia, travel, weather. Create an open shortcut. Search Assist gives suggestions as you type . Also shows concepts prevalent in the results. SearchScan - McAfee alerts for malicious sites. |
| Translate | Yes. Also Google
Translate Show Options: Translated Search ** |
Yes. Also Microsoft Translator | Yes. Also Babelfish |
| Personal Search Tools | Google
SearchWiki for search history, bookmarks, notes Google Custom Search - make your own search engine |
Search History - for browser session.
** Save & Share - to save history on computer. Use Windows Live for online storage. ** |
Customize - add enhancements for display of search results
** Search Pad - save and share links, pages, notes. Requires online account.** |
| Verticals & Tools | Search
Alerts Image Search select images that contain any content, news, or faces. Video Search TV, educational, personal plus YouTube. News Search (25,000 sources) and News Alerts BlogSearch Google Groups - search public discussion Local search - products and services near an address or by zip/postal code. US and Canada. Also Google Maps for locating places. Scholar - journals and scholarly sites Book Search - snippets, table of contents, and some full text. Large collection. News Archive - 200 years Google Trends - view interest in a topic through search volumes, occurence in news, and geographic location. More through Google Labs and Other Google Services |
Images - show similar images Video - filters Local and Maps - bird's eye view on maps for US, UK and Canada. Some street views for some US cities. ** |
Preferences - lists settings
for search features and display Images Video - Yahoo Video and others including YouTube. New Music Local and Maps (Canada weak) News - 7,000 sources Yahoo Answers - QnA - mixed quality. Subscriptions - access for for-fee databases. All Yahoo Services Yahoo Tools for Searchers |
| Toolbar | Google Toolbar and Desktop Search | Windows Live Toolbar | Yahoo Companion |
| Subject Directory | Open Directory Project Ranked | None | Yahoo Directory |
| Sponsored Links | Google AdWords | Yahoo Marketing and MSN Ad Center | Yahoo Marketing |
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