About Dogpile
If you had a choice between a single-person search party, or a search team of half-a-dozen,
which would you choose? Yep, us too. Why not put six search engines to work on something
in the same time it takes to use one? This is what we call metasearch. Dogpile puts
the power all the leading search engines together in one search box to deliver the
best combined results. The process is more efficient and yields more relevant results.
Aren't all search engines pretty much the same? Funny, we thought that too, but
they aren't. In fact, different search engines often return different search results
for the same query. Based on everything from how information is arranged on a web
page, to what each search engine pinpoints as most relevant, search results can
vary widely across each search provider.
Look, say what you will, but our time was important to us too. So, we had an idea
to bring together the Web's best search engines in one place and deliver the most
comprehensive and relevant results, and metasearch was born. The solution is an
efficient, single-search-box engine that makes things easier for all of us. Especially
when you learn that our special technology removes duplicates and analyzes the results
to ensure the best results are always on top of the pile.
Oh, and the name Dogpile?
Well, that's a funny story. You see, we love Rugby. It's traditional in Rugby for
players to come together and pile on one another. This is exactly what Dogpile metasearch
does-it brings together the best results from the Internet's top search engines,
including Google, Yahoo! Search, Live Search, Ask.com, About, MIVA, LookSmart, and
more.
From there, it was only natural that we find a mascot for the Dogpile team. We adopted
Arfie to chase down the most relevant results for searchers. Arfie is a virtual
know-it-all and is always eager to please.
Pretty compelling story, huh? We saved the best for last. Dogpile was just named
top consumer search engine by J.D. Power & Associates for 2007. REALLY. We're not
ones to brag, but our rankings were pretty high-it's nice to be recognized for work
you enjoy and produce so tirelessly.
Check out more details about how J.D. Power & Associates compared search engines,
and in all the ways Dogpile was superior.