Yahoogle! is a search-engine-mashup built to put the top search engines to the test. Google is the most popular search engine in the world but there has been recent fanfare saying that Yahoo! provides the safest and most relevant results. Now the links are anonymized so we can see which engine really does give the best results.
Using Google's and Yahoo!'s search APIs, the top five results from each query are intertwined. Keeping their relative order the same, they are mixed randomly in order to ensure an even distribution across the front-page. To make sure that clicks aren't biased, the results are anonymized by displaying them in exactly the same format. As a result of this, as stipulated by the TOU for each API, I must attribute the respective search engine for providing a result. This is why there is a confirmation click-through dialogue before opening the requested page.
I work for neither Yahoo! nor Google. I do archive the results, but I will never release them. Yahoo!'ers or Googler's, if you like what you see, let me know. If you don't, please don't sue me.
If you have any questions or comments, contact me at charles [at] whoischarles [dot] com
There have been 1240 searches. Yahoo! has had 274 clicks and Google has had 264 clicks.
There have been 21 searches. Yahoo! has had 2 clicks and Google has had 2 clicks.