Rollyo Vs. Google

I've taken a look at both options. The most obvious difference is that Rollyo is very slow. I'm thinking that anyone who is interested in a personalized search engine is probably interested in accessing that information quickly.

Every time I used Rollyo, the results were very slow to come. On the other hand, Google was as fast as ever.

I noticed that results between the two search engines ranked results differently. My search was "author programs". For instance, Rollyo featured Tacoma Public Library highly, whereas the Google Search featured results for Seattle Public Library and Sno-Isle Library.

I don't mind the sponsored adds on Rollyo. It's easy to spot and then ignore them.

You can take a look at my Cycling Puget Sound Rollyo Search Engine

I think the benefit of personalized search engines is to have the information that you need at your fingertips. It helps someone extract specific information from websites, and to keep track of changes. I'm thinking about how this is different from using and rss feeds. They are similar, but having a personalized search engine is more easily shared and ostensibly pinpoints desired information more accurately than an rss feed.