Slowly but surely, Bill Gross and his Idealab team is chipping away at Google's leadership position. Take, for example, Snap's newest feature, Snap Image Search. I did a quick search for "business meeting", and was pleasantly surprised by the results. Snap not only has a great looking interface, but the results are very impressive. Take a look:
Links:
Snap search for business images
For comparison:
Google search for business images
iStockphoto search for business images
Getty search for business images
Alexa search for business images
While I may be somewhat biased, the best results for a search term like "business meeting" can be found on sites like iStockphoto and Getty Images, simply because of the implied commercial application. Snap! finishes a very close second, which is a huge accomplishment, considering the number of images it has to index. Google results are simply a little too scattered, and Alexa's search seems to be heavily reliant on certain stock clipart and photography sites.
Try Snap's Image Search, and you'll find it finds better looking images than Google across a variety of search terms.
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