Saturday, June 5, 2010

Compare The Popularity Of Two Queries In Google, Bing And Yahoo At The Same Time.

With Query Contest you can compare the popularity of two queries in Google. Even though at this time Google has the biggest index, only less is known about how Google calculates the approximate number of hits. For this reason the queries are compared in Bing and Yahoo too. The results are listed in a simple chart, that allows you to get a fast overview. Of course, there is also a link for each query to the page the results were acquired from. A history is also implemented, so you can see what other people were interested in.

See who is a true icon in the WWW. For example you type "Bill Clinton" vs. "George Washington", then Query Contest will show you how often each of the two queries are found by a search engine. So this is an indicator for their popularity. For example one guy compared Hugh Hefner and Larry Flint. Besides the popularity of those two porn-icons, we also can see, that the guy must be into porn a lot.

Another application of Query Contest is to find out the right orthography or the meaning of a word comparing two variations. The one with the most hits is obviously the right one. Furthermore you can compare words that are not listed in any dictionary. This is related to words that are currently running through an evolutionary process, before they are generally accepted. So Query Contest is an excellent tool for neo-linguists.

In fact you can compare the popularity of two persons, two affiliated groups like HEXAL Ratiopharm, operating systems like Microsoft to Macintosh, two Rock and Roll Bands like the Rolling Stones versus the Beatles, two famous, dead Moviestars like James Dean compared with Marlon Brando, if you are interested in Britpop why not compare the Smiths and The Jam? Maybe it will give you the answer for the old question: the chicken or the egg? It's worth a try! Or simply just two words like one or two, and see what happens. As you may have noticed, you can compare anything you like. It's a simple but useful tool for many different purposes. Just try it yourself under Query Contest.

Maybe you say it's a nice tool. Perhaps you think that it is nothing more then a nice game to idle away the hours, but indeed it's the latest indicator of cultural relevance. Because this tool refers to web search engines and they on the other hand are searching through the whole World Wide Web, which is in fact the biggest collection of knowledge. Anyone is participating.

Legal Notice: Query Contest is not affiliated to Google, Bing or Yahoo. Furthermore Query Contest is not responsible for any queries visitors type in.

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