Bing Versus Google

[Melrose]

Google. I don't care for Google as a company (and I have no idea why this is so) but I hate 'portal'-style sites like Yahoo and I'll never in a million years go use a Microsoft product voluntarily. I tried Bing a bit, and didn't like it anyway.

 

[Harmush]

bing looks like those search engineings that ripped off the google search engine anyway. look at the colour scheme and the layout of the cached pages..... its google right??

 

[Gonzo3333]

Bing reminds me of what the Zune people call wireless sharing "squirting". Kind of gross in my opinion.

I found this link: http://homepage.mac.com/ndaniels/zune_squirt.gif

 

[three]

At least for me, Bing doesn't give me the right results as Google does. I prefer Google.

 

[baypharm]

If you are using Google, just be sure to use a proxy server when submitting requests....law enforcement routinely look at requests and keep a database of IP addresses. Google was taken to court over this and was required to comply. I think it stinks but there is always a way to get around and stay hidden. Ironkey is another good one. Sometimes it slows you down on web surfing but it's better than being spied on. And also remember that the folks at your IP office, can look at your viewing habits and email as well. So I am a big fan of Ironkey.

 

[Ashka]

Tried Bing, it insists that I live in Australia even though the Bing user settings state Auckland, New Zealand. Search choice of Web or Australia only.
Epic Fail.

 

[Watabou]

If you are using Google, just be sure to use a proxy server when submitting requests....law enforcement routinely look at requests and keep a database of IP addresses. Google was taken to court over this and was required to comply. I think it stinks but there is always a way to get around and stay hidden. Ironkey is another good one. Sometimes it slows you down on web surfing but it's better than being spied on. And also remember that the folks at your IP office, can look at your viewing habits and email as well. So I am a big fan of Ironkey.

can anyone confirm if this is true?

 

[Love]

Do a Bing search for "Bing Sucks" and you come up with porn.

Yeah.

 

[Morod]

None of the above!

If you are using Google, just be sure to use a proxy server when submitting requests....law enforcement routinely look at requests and keep a database of IP addresses. Google was taken to court over this and was required to comply. I think it stinks but there is always a way to get around and stay hidden. Ironkey is another good one. Sometimes it slows you down on web surfing but it's better than being spied on. And also remember that the folks at your IP office, can look at your viewing habits and email as well. So I am a big fan of Ironkey.

Use ixquick. They really protect your privacy, but why I really like it is that when you click on a search result, the result opens in a new window. If that's what you're looking for, great. If it's not, just close the window and you're back at the search results. Here:

http://www.ixquick.com/

 

[xUKHCx]

I did a search for SPAM on google, bing and yahoo - all bought back this thread as a result .

Kept it undeleted as it is an interesting topic but it was started by a spammer.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Google hands down, Bing sucks at specific searches. Never liked Yahoo.

 

[jav6454]

Searched myself (Jav6454) and bing displayed my username page here in MR as first link, few current and a lot of very old/very outdated stuff about where I've been. Google on the other hand, gave me latest stuff and first link was to my MR page. Yahoo, gave me nothing on my MR page and some outdated results.

 

[machead33]

The end of Yahoo!

I'v been online since 1994. Before Yahoo, Google, and Bing. Yahoo is and has been my home page since it started. I like the news, I have email, Yahoo's cool. I use Google for all my searching. It is the best.

My despise for Microsoft has no limit.
Therefore, if Bing takes over Yahoo Search I will no longer use Yahoo.
If Yahoo provides the news I may look at the home page, but I will not use a Microsoft engine for search, and that, by the way, includes search the web through facebook. If you want to search, use Google.

Yahoo, your days as a credible source are ending. Don't give in to evil.

Machead33

 

[SFStateStudent]

I get better hits from a google search....

 

[michael.lauden]

I'v been online since 1994. Before Yahoo, Google, and Bing. Yahoo is and has been my home page since it started. I like the news, I have email, Yahoo's cool. I use Google for all my searching. It is the best.

My despise for Microsoft has no limit.
Therefore, if Bing takes over Yahoo Search I will no longer use Yahoo.
If Yahoo provides the news I may look at the home page, but I will not use a Microsoft engine for search, and that, by the way, includes search the web through facebook. If you want to search, use Google.

Yahoo, your days as a credible source are ending. Don't give in to evil.

Machead33

i have not used yahoo in a long time. fast searches, better results and more options are available from google.

not to mention free pop + imap servers on the email side. google will remain on top, if bing overtakes yahoo - it will make it that much easier for google to dominate IMHO

 

[Cabbit]

Visited Bing once or twice then after a week completely forgot about its existence.

 

[David G.]

I tried searching for the same thing on both Google and Bing and the while I had to search for the link I wanted on the first two pages of Google the results on Bing were so far off the mark I wondered why MS even bothered to create Bing at all.

 

[jav6454]

I tried searching for the same thing on both Google and Bing and the while I had to search for the link I wanted on the first two pages of Google the results on Bing were so far off the mark I wondered why MS even bothered to create Bing at all.

To save face off their massive amount of FAIL in the search engine market. They should really stick to Office and Windows. Or if they really want diversity, fund their entertainment sector which brings in much more revenue and everything that sector makes is flawless. A sad comparison to Vista...

 

[FF_productions]

I don't really care for Bing, I don't care if it's made by Apple or Microsoft, I've had no problems with Google ever. It's just another company trying to line their pockets and get their share of what Google has been making the past few years...

 

[question fear]

I voted google, but Bing was decent.

As I thought going into it, Yahoo is less than useless (to me). I didn't select them once. Don't know why I hate yahoo search so much, but apparently there's a reason....

 

[mags631]

Goal: Better understand cloud computing: definitions, models, examples, etc.
Search Test: "what is cloud computing".

Google: 9/10 of the first page results were directly relevant to what I was searching for.
Bing: 2/10 of the first page results were directly relevant to my goal. 4 more linked me to a site which would enable to find more information through additional searches. The rest were basically landing pages for companies trying to sell me services and did not provide any real information on cloud computing.

 

[Divyesh]

Well Currently Google is rocksss...

 

[jav6454]

With the new information surfacing that MS is partnering up with Google, that should change statistics up a bit. Let's see.... n^3 /x - n!....(where n is MacRumors member total and x is Google's awesome level) take the square root of that and then subtract by the number of sand grains on Miami Beach.

We get still the same 91% for Google vs a combined 9% for Yahoo and Bing... yes really, I think Microsoft is really going to kill Google. Google, fear them...

 

[Gonzo3333]

Did anybody see the Joy of Tech cartoon for 7.31.09? Anyway, Here it is.

 

[MorphingDragon]

With the new information surfacing that MS is partnering up with Google, that should change statistics up a bit. Let's see.... n^3 /x - n!....(where n is MacRumors member total and x is Google's awesome level) take the square root of that and then subtract by the number of sand grains on Miami Beach.

We get still the same 91% for Google vs a combined 9% for Yahoo and Bing... yes really, I think Microsoft is really going to kill Google. Google, fear them...

Umm... Lol?