A new Search Engine is ready to take up the battle with Google. You.com is the name of the new Search Engine.
You.com – The new Search Engine
Over the last 10-15 years Google have been by far the number one search Engine in the world. Other search engines like Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ask and a lot of others, has tried to get their cut of the Search marked, but no one seems to be able to challenge Google’s position, as the number 1 Search Engine in the world. Now a new search Engine is ready to take up the fight. The name is You.com and even that it is still in Beta, it is ready for you to use, if you want to try something else than Goggle’s “One True Answer“. The new search engine is founded by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff. It went in to public beta in November 2021.
What is wrong with Google?
In my optic there is nothing wrong with Google. It is a great search engine for sure and it gets the job done. The issue is, when one company is close to having a monopoly on a thing that billions of people relay on every day, it also gives them a lot of power and responsibility. What if Google turns evil or if Google get hacked and they are the only search engine in the world? What if Google want us to pay using their search Engine? That is why it is nice we have alternatives we can use if we want a second opinion and want to make sure that Google continue to make a good, free search services. In 2021 Google had a stunning 91% marked shared on the search marked. Microsoft Bing had only 3.14% as the second biggest Search Engine..! (Source: reliablesoft.net)
What makes You.com different from Google
The way You.com tries to get their share of users, is to use another approach to the way we search and the way they present search results. They also do it without Ad-targeting and without privacy-invading (That is what they say). When you search on You.com you get don’t just get a long list of search result. It is organized in tiles for you to give you a better overview of the search result and the source of the result. The results are also grouped into different categories/apps like: Web results, News, Wikipedia, LinkedIn videos, Quick facts and so on. It might favor the big medias like CNN, ESPN, BBC and so one, but it might also give us a better overview of the results. In the example below I made as search on “NFL”.
As you can see, the result shows all kind of info about NFL grouped in sections based on what kind of data it is. I am not sure if I like it better or worse than the way other search engines does. Sometime it just take
FAQ for You.com
If you want to know more about you.com they have a FAQ section that might have the answer to your questions.
What do you think about this new Search Engine?
I would love to hear what you think about this new Search Engine? Does it make sense with another Search Engine? Will it be a success? Do you believe it is private as they claim and that your data will not be sold to make? Please drop me a comment below.
