jeremy_goodrich - 8:51 pm on May 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

Even my mom - who can't do much on the internet! - uses Google first, then MSN to search for stuff.

Because she knows that the results are different. If AlltheWeb would try to market themselves as a destination search engine - which before, they were purposefully NOT doing so while owned by FAST Search & Transfer, then perhaps they might have a bigger market share.

Now, though - it seems they are working to becomming more of a 'name' in their own right, and adding all sorts of cool gizmos for webmasters.

Personally, I find their advanced search to be quite good, but their lack of index size (being about a billion pages shy of Google...) makes it hard for me to use their search engine, knowing I might be missing something.

A lot of people may not use them for the same reason. Also, consider that their XML CPC program in the US is NON marked advertising, something that even the FTC said was NOT right.

I expect that to change with time, and until then, it's a major stumbling block for me to use them - knowing I might be clicking an ad, and knowing there is no way to accurately tell the difference.