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On Neeva's front page, they show a side by side of results for Neeva vs. Google with the query "what to do in a car accident".

The example they give for Google is not even close to the one I get in both regular and incognito mode.

My result is a step by step guide from Allstate with more steps provided than Neeva. I only get 3 on Neeva vs. 8 on Google.

The first result that shows on Neeva is a broken link to an Australian gov site. I'm in the US. The second link on Neeva is the exact same link as Google.

So Google is actually giving a way better result because it gives more step by step information, provides a working link, and the website is localized to where I live. You don't want people calling 000 over 911 lol.

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Neeva gave me this result:

> If you are in a car accident, the first thing to do is to determine if anyone is injured and call 911 if necessary.1 Then, go to the nearest police station and file a report as soon as possible.2 After that, exchange information with the other driver, take pictures of the scene, and contact your insurance company

Which isn’t really coherent — it says you should go to the police station, THEN take pictures of the scene (which you’ve already left). Definitely has some work to do.

agree! we will work on making this better!

(co founder): have you tried google mobile? I just did by setting my user agent to be an iphone and got the same pile of ads on google.

And trying the same query on Neeva gives you a step by step direction right on top including the information to call 911.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j64PkSm0EEoam5l2yByWv3P6...

You are right about Google on mobile. I get 3 ads about settlement collection. Then I get the first actual result which is a better result than I get on desktop. It shows more accurate steps from a local personal injury lawyer's website. The second link is the same Allstate link.

I tried the query on both Neeva mobile site and Android app and still get the same Australian link that is broken. The same link in the picture you have on your website. The second link is the same Allstate link I get on desktop Google.

I guess I never realize mobile Google is vastly different than desktop Google even without an ad block on.

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