So you think Google is the best search engine? Think Again! This search engine startup helps you find what google is missing
Happy New Year! If you are like the rest of use, we all use Google as a tool in our everyday search. We use it for research, finding best deals, local businesses and many more. The second most popular search engine, Microsoft Bing, has not enjoyed the same success as Google. Most people prefer to first go to Google before event thinking about Bing. According to the digital market intelligence company, SimilarWeb, Bing only has 1.3 billion monthly visitors compared to Google’s 43.5 billion monthly visitors. Whether it is Google or Bing, most search engines collect your private information without your permission. They even use “cookies” to keep track of your searches and eventually profiting from it. We are at a juncture where there is little to no privacy online. Some online users already threw the towel by completely giving up their privacy.
Even though Google is the most visited search engine in the world, it may not be the best for you if you care about yor with online privacy. The other major problem with search engines is search relevance. Today, searching for meaningful and relevant results in Google home page is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The home page is littered with ads at the top and the bottom of the page .The issue here is, there are million of other relevant results that may not make it to the front page of Google or Bing. Most big organizations have the money to either advertise or do SEO to get to Google home page. Have you ever wondered what the results would look like if millions of results from Facebook, Yelp and other popular are removed from your search results? Where do you turn when you want relevant search without compromising your personal information? That is where MillionShort comes in. It is a new search engine startup you’ve probably never heard about. MillionShort is a Toronto-based startup founded in 2012 that takes a new and focused approach to organizing, accessing, and discovering data on the internet. The startup aims to provide greater choices to users seeking information by magnifying the public’s access to data online. Million Short’s mission is to guide people on the road less traveled by providing alternate methods of organizing, accessing, and discovering the vast web of information that is the Internet without compromising your privacy. Innovative startups like MillionShort are disrupting the search market while protecting online privacy.
Million Short started out as an experimental web search engine that allows you to filter and refine your search results set. The thinking was that web searches yield the same popular sites. Million Short makes it easy to discover sites that just don’t make it to the top of the search engine results for whatever reason – whether it be poor SEO, new site, small marketing budget, or competitive keywords. The Million Short technology gives users access to the wealth of untapped information on the web.
Fast forward to today, Million Short has made numerous updates to the engine, including international support, mobile and tablet optimization, browser search extensions and design updates. Our team is comprised of individuals who are dedicated to growing and powering the discovery of information for the world. Million Short is designed in Canada – our dedicated team works out of our head office in the heart of Toronto and continues to improve the way in which we search for information.
You can watch their video below.