Wolfram Alpha vs Google

I think Wolfram alpha is definitely headed in the right direction. I like the idea of asking a question and getting an answer instead of just playing the "seek and catalogue" game. I got good answers from both engines but mostly from Wolfram:

All english words containing the letters "eue"
feued queue queued queueing queuer queuers queues
I got the answer faster with Google.

how much potassium in 4.7 oz of bananna
477mg
I got the answer right away with Alpha

how old was Barack Obama on May 5th 1979?
17 years, 9 months and 1 day.
this one went to Alpha

date and time of next total solar eclipse in Eugene, OR
11:25 PDT, Monday, August 21, 2017.
I got the answer with both but faster with Alpha when I changed the
question to "next total solar eclipse in Eugene?"

minimum and maximum price of google stock since it went public?
I had a hard time getting a straight answer from either.

link an image of the barcode for UPC 01234567890
I found this image a little faster with Alpha but changing my question to
"barcode 0123456789" With google I had to do an image search and do a
few extra clicks.


how many vertices does an icosahedron have?
it has 12
I got the answer with both but right away with Alpha, google took
a few extra clicks into other sites

Distance from Eugene to Tokyo
4886 miles
Once again I go the answer right away from Alpha, several extra clicks into
other sites with google.

Average Oregon income per capita
$40,040 I think. This is the very first answer I got from Alpha
from a 2007 estimate. I could not pin down an exact number with google but I
found a PDF that said $35,956

what is the morse code for my first name.
I got the answer right away with Alpha and not at all with google. I got
tired of clicking.



I found that tweaking the question a little bit got a perfect answer from Wolfram for nearly every question.