Other popular search engines without Google
Popular search engines without Google
While Google is an enormously popular search engine, it is not the only search engine on the internet. To market products and services effectively, digital marketers must consider other platforms as well. Search engines continuously evolve as technology improves. This reading will identify alternative, popular search engines used for digital marketing needs and their characteristics.
Traditional
search engines
In
an earlier video, you learned that a search engine is a website that
individuals can use to input search queries and receive results based on
certain keywords. Traditionally, when a user enters and searches for a query in
a search engine like Google Search, they receive a range of related links to
select from. The following search engines offer a similar search structure as
Google Search.
Similar
to Google's creation of Google Search in 1995, American web services company
Yahoo! created the search engine Yahoo Search as their flagship product.
The company has since transitioned into other endeavors. In 2009, Yahoo! announced that the search engine portion of their website would now be powered by Bing, a search engine created by technology corporation Microsoft. Now, the user-facing search platform is called Microsoft Bing, while the digital marketing backend is called Microsoft Advertising. Microsoft Advertising has features similar to Google Ads and is the second largest search engine to advertise on.
DuckDuckGo
is an internet search engine that launched in 2008. One of DuckDuckGo’s defining
characteristics is its commitment to provide searchers unfiltered search engine
results pages (SERPs) by not incorporating information about the individual
beyond the specific query provided. By doing so, the search engine avoids
collecting private information on the searchers. Ads on DuckDuckGo are served
by Microsoft Advertising.
Baidu
(China)
Baidu,
owned by a multinational technology company of the same name, is the most used
search engine in China and holds a 76.05% market share in China's search engine
market.
Key
takeaway
In our current digital age, search engines are necessary to help users find the information, content, and products they are looking for. As a digital marketer, being aware of additional search engines can lead you to additional audiences and more opportunities to achieve your goals.
Credit to: Attract and Engage Customers with Digital Marketing
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