Wolfram Alpha sucks

[benlehman]

Twice in the last day I've thought "oh, I have a question that's perfect for Wolfram Alpha, 'cause it's all analytical." Twice, it has totally failed me.

The first question was about net-grain exporting nations. It not only failed to answer my question, it didn't understand net, grain, export, or nation. Google answered my question with link #3.

The second question was about converting US print sizes to international print size. Again, nothing. Again, google answered my question relatively quickly.

This is the google killer? Altavista would be better.

Comments

Re: I agree!

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Anonymous people, you are excellent.

Re: I agree!

[(Anonymous)]

Wolfram Alpha is in it's infancy right now, why did the release it? This is almost as bad as releasing Vista, except the operation of your computer isn't dependent on using W|A. My suggestion? Stay away from it for now, it's annoying, slow, and doesn't do much.

But it has a lot of room for potential, and once it is seen I think it will turn the tide against google.