Google Kicked Out By Alexa Sparky
Does the new Alexa Sparky add-on kick out Google?
Not necessarily what I was looking for. But wait a second … Why didn't Firefox serve the result from Google as usually?
Well, I played around with Bing a tiny bit, right when Microsoft had launched their new search service but I did not stick with it for long. Honestly, Google is my most favorite search engine. Period. Google did not only catch me for search, but with a plethora of other great applications. From Gmail, to Google Docs, AdWords, … to their translation tool, and … Wave is the latest on the list. They hooked me up. Probably for life.
So I was quite surprised that I suddenly got Bing results displayed.
What has happened?
I remember that I had updated my Alexa Sparky add-on for Firefox this week. I also remember having seen a note about new features but I kind of ignored it. Now, it's obvious what had happened. Alexa Sparky is one of the FireFox Add-ons I use.
Two new settings for Alexa
Settings Alexa Sparky
- handle error cases like “Error 404: Page Not Found,”
- and Searches.
Sorry, Alexa.
Sorry, Microsoft.
I just have deactivated both settings.
I'm back at Google.
And here is why. The first search result, and even the second one is exactly what I was looking for.
Of course, you can come up with cases in which Bing gets more relevant results up-front, but as I said, “Google has already ‘hooked’ me.”
I will continue to use the add-on for having the Alexa rank of websites displayed but I don’t allow it to take control of my browser.
Yours
John W. Furst
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Jodi Kaplan on :
Interesting, John. I did the same update - and did not lose Google search. However, I have a Mac. Maybe it was a sneaky MS thing?
John W. Furst on :
Thanks for the feedback.