Welcome to BlindSearch, the search engine taste test.

Type in a search query, hit search then vote for the column which you believe best matches your query.

The columns are randomized with every query.

The goal of this site is simple, we want to see what happens when you remove the branding from search engines.

How differently will you perceive the results?

This site is built as a fun experiment by Michael Kordahi, follow me on twitter @delic8genius for notification of updates to this site.

The system has many flaws that I know about already, the primary one of interest is the lack of localisation. So, all searches are going through the US as US searches. The other deficiency worth noting is that there is much missing from the actual experience of using these search engines e.g., image thumbnails, suggestions, refine queries etc.

Ohh, and this site is very very beta, expect it to break! DM me or leave a comment with your feedback.

Disclamer: I work for Microsoft. This site is not affiliated with my employer, it is not a Microsoft initiative, it’s simply me having fun in my spare time.

Ohh, and while I’m at it, I might as well plug my other side project thetweetshirt.com

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