# Google killer? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 13, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345 "2008-05-13T07:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/1 "2008-05-13T07:06:17Z")
[http://powerset.com](http://powerset.com) Rumored to be the Google killer but I personally am not impressed. Tried to do a few simple searches of stuff I might typically look for in a day and did not turn up as relevant results that Google does. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/2 "2008-05-13T07:13:43Z")
So basically it’s a search engine. That doesn’t work as well as google, yet is supposed to kill it. How does that work? ---
**Author:** ![Griff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/3 "2008-05-13T07:19:04Z")
meh, sucks compared to google so far. i’ve checked all my searches this morning on there now and didnt come up with any site i went to that helped ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/4 "2008-05-13T07:21:00Z")
> [@FuzzyFish](#): > > So basically it’s a search engine. That doesn’t work as well as google, yet is supposed to kill it. How does that work? Anthrax? ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/5 "2008-05-13T07:35:33Z")
well, google hasnt always been that great. But it does improve time and again…maybe thats what they expect of this site :gotme: but so far, not impressed ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/6 "2008-05-13T07:37:07Z")
does it have gmail? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/7 "2008-05-13T07:38:04Z")
584.92 -0.02 (-0.00%) May 13 10:22am ET Yea, GOOG is teh sux0r. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/8 "2008-05-13T07:41:15Z")
OH NO THEY ARE DOOMEED! ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/9 "2008-05-13T07:45:16Z")
fail… couldnt find anything under my name that google found in like 2 seconds ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/10 "2008-05-13T07:53:19Z")
Umm… this thing searches Wikipedia entries. :picard: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/11 "2008-05-13T07:54:53Z")
> **[news](https://www.informationweek.com/latest-news)** > > news > Powerset, long whispered as a possible challenger to Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s search supremacy, on Monday launched a **limited preview** of its search technology. > Powerset isn’t yet gunning for Google however. It’s **aiming only at this point to prove that its natural language-based search makes it easier to find things on Wikipedia and Freebase** , an open community database. And even that ambition may be overreaching, given the uneven technical response of the site. FAIL. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/12 "2008-05-13T07:56:08Z")
and, as far as searching by natural language based terminology… I got ZERO hits for “blumpkin yo” ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/13 "2008-05-13T08:10:10Z")
"Discover Factz For most people, places and things, Powerset shows a summary of Factz from across Wikipedia" I refuse to use it after reading words spelled like that. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/14 "2008-05-13T09:14:31Z")
Just tried it. Will not try again… ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/15 "2008-05-13T09:18:47Z")
no thx ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/16 "2008-07-02T12:43:46Z")
Just bought by Microsoft ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/17 "2008-07-02T12:46:22Z")
red ring of death? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/18 "2008-07-02T12:51:21Z")
How to make money 101: -Overhype your product -Get big company to buy it ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/19 "2008-07-02T12:51:34Z")
this is the worst search engine i’ve ever used ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345/20 "2008-07-02T12:52:39Z")
I refuse to believe that wikipedia has zero his for the term “h8in”… but google miraculously comes up with 15,900… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-killer/48345.md?page=2)