We were given ask.com and google.com for our assignment of comparing images and videos.
Both websites offer a broad amount of search appendages. The difference between the two sites is when you complete a search. We typed in “Latest scientific discovery” and both sites yielded different results. When you get more specific in your search, the number of hits gets smaller and the top searches become more similar.
Which site gives you more relevant results? We searched “Haunted houses” in the image section of google and ask. Google had a lot more pictures (1,490,000 compared to 22,600). At the beginning of the search, there were more houses but when we clicked to page 5, skulls and pumpkins started coming up.
Which site has better navigation? Google can only sort by image size where ask allows you to search by file type, image size, and colors. Ask also has a side bar to get more specific with your search.
Do the sites allow for advance searching/filtering? Both sites allow for advanced searching and filtering.
Do the sites allow for the saving and compiling of search results? You can save the image to your desktop but we did not find a way for saving on the website. Also, we didn’t find a way to compile the images.
Which site do you prefer? We thought Google was more versatile and provided more results but we thought that Ask.com was more user friendly and provided more specific results in our search.
Comparing google.com and blinkx.com. We chose the Dove makeup commercial.
Which site gives you more relevant results? Google video gave us the commercial we were looking for first. Blinkx did not. Google seems to be more relevant when providing information about our search.
Which site has better navigation? We thought that google was easier to navigate because of the layout of the site. We felt that it was easier to use and more specific to our searches.
Do the sites allow for the saving or compiling of search results? google does not offer the option of saving or compiling of the videos but blinkx allows users to create a playlist by adding videos and viewing them later.
Which site do you prefer? We think we like google better because it is user friendly. We did think the video playlist was pretty cool though!
kylie mooney, Kristen Grace, Jeanine Wellinghoff
