About Results

The search results found using Dogpile.co.uk are compiled via an innovative metasearch technology which queries many leading search engines at once and delivers outstanding results in one click.


The results include paid-for as well as free listings. All paid-for results are labelled "sponsored", either before or after the web address of the paid-for search result.


Dogpile.co.uk is designed to identify the intent of a user's search. If the search term (i.e. "buy roses") is determined to be commercial in nature, a blended mix of results weighted toward sponsored results would be displayed. In the case of a non-commercial term (i.e. "roses and aphids"), the blended mix of results would be weighted toward research-driven results.


The technology applied by Dogpile is designed to provide the best possible combination of paid-for and free results for each search query.


Different Engines, Different Results

Web Searchers Not Always Finding What They're Looking for Online.

A research study conducted by our US site Dogpile.com in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University.


Dogpile.co.uk combines the search results from Live Search With Google, Yahoo! and Ask.com

Now consumers can efficiently find more of the Web's most relevant search results in one place.


First Page Results from Top Four Engines Don't Have Much in Common.


There is a common belief by Web searchers that all search engines are the same. But a recent research study shows that only 1.1% of the first page results across the four leading engines are identical.[1]


These findings underscore the importance of searching the Web with multiple engines to find more top ranked results. Whether they know it or not, many people are already metasearching. comScoreshows that people use an average of 2.8 engines per month for their searches.[2]


Dogpile.co.uk eliminates the need to go from site to site looking for top results because it searches Google, Yahoo!, Live Search and Ask.com all at once.



Dogpile.co.uk users are More Successful at Finding What They're Looking For


of results were shared
by all four search engines


of results were shared
between three search engines


of results were shared
by two search engines


of results were unique
to one search engine




According to other research, just over half of all Web searches at the top four engines result in clicks on the first results page.


comScore Media Metrix found that between 31% - 56% of all first page searches on the top search engines are successful, compared to 63% at our US site, Dogpile.com.[3]


This is further proof that by searching all the leading engines at once, sites such as Dogpile.co.uk give users a better chance of finding what they're looking for.



Dogpile.co.uk - A Better Way to Search


By searching with Dogpile.co.uk instead of a single engine, you get the top results from Google, Yahoo!, Live Search and Ask.com all at once.


[1] Source: Dogpile.com Search Engine Overlap Study, July 2005.  Results based on international search.
[2] Source: comScore Media Metrix, May 2005.
[3] Source: comScoreqSearch Data, May 2005, Custom Success Rate Analysis.