How about we build a community test?
We could make a little page showing the results for various search engines (e.g. google, bing, blekko, duckduckgo) and and put them to a similar test. We could open and show the data collected in real time so the community gains from the experience.
Immediately there is a problem: how to get the results.
Naively we could use iframes to show the pages for each results. But it is not possible.
We could use their APIs to get the results and show them. However these are limited to N calls on their free package. That would make the survey limited.
Another way is to screenshot the page (fetched using a simple browser call) and present it. This, however, should also be paid for more than N calls..
Anyway, after resolving this, we should be go to go.
We could gather data in an unbiased way and present it to the world.
This is simple to make, I think.
Upvotes if you think it is a good idea (for this to be a join effort probably).
How about we build a community test? We could make a little page showing the results for various search engines (e.g. google, bing, blekko, duckduckgo) and and put them to a similar test. We could open and show the data collected in real time so the community gains from the experience.
Immediately there is a problem: how to get the results.
Naively we could use iframes to show the pages for each results. But it is not possible.
We could use their APIs to get the results and show them. However these are limited to N calls on their free package. That would make the survey limited.
Another way is to screenshot the page (fetched using a simple browser call) and present it. This, however, should also be paid for more than N calls..
Anyway, after resolving this, we should be go to go.
We could gather data in an unbiased way and present it to the world.
This is simple to make, I think. Upvotes if you think it is a good idea (for this to be a join effort probably).