This was my experience too. A lot of the holdouts that stuck with Altavista etc. were those of us who had learned to use them properly.
Google became better for inexperienced users very quickly, but took a long time to become clearly better for those who could compose complex queries to find exactly what we wanted...
It was an interesting example of how power users can often become blind to major shifts because they've learned to work around the problems the newcomer solves.
Google became better for inexperienced users very quickly, but took a long time to become clearly better for those who could compose complex queries to find exactly what we wanted...
It was an interesting example of how power users can often become blind to major shifts because they've learned to work around the problems the newcomer solves.