The search term is…
“retro gaming”
Entered into Google the first result is:
“Retrogaming – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”
The recorded amount of hits is 14,500,000.
I don’t think I trust Copernic Basic but here goes…
The first hit is the same as the Google search result. The recorded amount of hits is 52. And that’s across 13 search engines? I can’t seem to find anymore stats on the amount of hits in Copernic other than 52 hits. Anyone know anything about this? (I shake my fist at the optional task!)
In the interest of science…
Using metasearch engine SurfWax, search of term “retro gaming” returns as first result:
“Call hitmaker cheesy, but he’s ‘very rich’.”
Further investigation of the link reveals it is a profile of the record producer David Foster from CNN.com’s entertainment page. Doing a find on the page finds the word “retro” as part of a quote attributed to Foster which goes:
“I just did the new Seal album, and it’s an album of ’60s retro [soul] music. … It’s amazing.”
Nowhere on the page is the term “gaming” to be found.
The SurfWax amount of recorded hits is a massive 137,000,000.
Results
Top five results with Google Search:
Retrogaming – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ClassicGaming – the home of classic gaming on the net
Retro Games – Online Game Site Supporting all retro, classic and …
DesktopGaming Has Killer Retro Gaming Wallpapers – Lifehacker
And SurfWax:
Call hitmaker cheesy, but he’s ‘very rich’
Retro Remakes : Classic Gaming For The Next Generation
ClassicGaming – the home of classic gaming on the net
High-tech gifts in low-tech packages
Retro Games – Games at Miniclip.com – Play Free Games
Differences
The search term is rather broad so I think I am going to run into trouble in the later parts of this task, especially with academic sources (I might be surprised). In terms of number of hit returns the metasearch returns a greater amount by a long way. In terms of content both searches are very similar, with the exception of the Surfwax result regarding the producer of Seal’s “retro” album (weird). Also, I wonder why Surfwax doesn’t return the Wikipedia result in its first five results, yet returns two pages that are sourced from CNN’s entertainment and technology pages?
At first glance, the google search provides the more promising results, but I got a sneaking suspecion my search term is limiting me here….
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