The internet sometimes reminds me of tv with 3 channels. Nothing on. Ever research something and end up going in a great big circle. The search engines keep bringing the same fluff to the top. God forbid your key words are a rock band or some lame ass song title. Actually, I even had instances when I find my way around to different points, sometimes taking up to a year and ta da dead end. Back where I began. I shrugg it off and figure that is all anyone wants us to know. Granted I have a few tricks but sheesh now we have a 1000 channels on tv and still we are at the mercy of the man. Probably the Pareto principle at work.
Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask control more than 90% of search engine searches (not including internet Yellow Pages which have large search volumes too).
I was annoyed hence the post, then I found this blog to add to my thoughts and cite the source for the chart, etc. http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/search-and-the-pareto-principle.html
We're all creatures of habit. When the FBI was trying to figure out how to wiretap Paul Castellano's house (mafia dude) the guy had a mansion, ended up he only used two rooms.