Student Created "Better" Search Engine Than Google

How high is Google’s “moat” guarding its fortress holding on to their top position in search?

A 16-year old Indian boy apparently has bested Google at its own game – search – and is submitting his personalized search engine, said to be 21 percent more accurate overall, to the Googlescience fair. Anmol Tukrel, an Indian-born Canadian citizen, cannot legally drink alcohol or vote, but he can challenge the most powerful search engine enterprise in the world.

Personalized search engine claims to generate, on average, 21 percent better results that...