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I use Bing whenever I'm dissatisfied with Google's results. Bing has always returned worse results in this case. YMMV.

by jkmcf 10y ago

chenster 10y ago
We are all the same boat..lol
dewiz 10y ago
I moved to Bing a couple of months back and I do the opposite, i.e. turn to Google when I can't find what I'm looking for in Bing. On avg I'd say it's ~5% of the times for generic searches, ~10% for more technical stuff. Used to be much worse, and I disliked the UI very much while now I think it's on par with Google (both G and B have their pros/cons). I kind of like that they finally added News (I was using Google a lot as a newspaper) and that you can switch tabs and use it as a portal, while Google doesn't show any content until you start searching for something, which I'm not saying it's wrong, but sometimes I start browsing directly from Bing homepage if I like what it's suggesting, which never happens with Google. One thing they need to fix is the mobile app on Android though, because it's unusable, it keeps crashing and I've almost given up there.
SerLava 10y ago
I do this too, especially when Google insists it knows my question better than I do. I'll actually Google the word "bing" in this case. It feels like a vote of no confidence. I would be absolutely shocked if Google's algorithm doesn't have a special alarm bell for "2 dozen search query redefinitions and then they typed fucking 'Bing' into me."
- nhebb 10y ago
  > I'll actually Google the word "bing" in this case. That's funny. I'm going to start doing that. I get frustrated w/ Google when I do a search and the top results do not have a single instance of one of my search terms on their pages. I have no idea why they'd do that. So I switch to Bing in those cases.
  - SerLava 10y ago
    Definitely. Bing has some unique technologies, but they can be partially characterized as being "Google 2 years ago" - in bad ways but also in good ways.
- techolic 10y ago
  This actually sounds like the easier way to tell Google about the dissatisfaction, in full context.
mrmondo 10y ago
Bingo - but seriously, I tried this too, I now use DDG, then Google and if I can't find what I'm looking for on either I tweet about it or write a blog post.

I use Bing whenever I'm dissatisfied with Google's results. Bing has always returned worse results in this case. YMMV.

by jkmcf 10y ago

I use Bing whenever I'm dissatisfied with Google's results. Bing has always returned worse results in this case. YMMV.

chenster 10y ago

We are all the same boat..lol

dewiz 10y ago

I moved to Bing a couple of months back and I do the opposite, i.e. turn to Google when I can't find what I'm looking for in Bing. On avg I'd say it's ~5% of the times for generic searches, ~10% for more technical stuff. Used to be much worse, and I disliked the UI very much while now I think it's on par with Google (both G and B have their pros/cons). I kind of like that they finally added News (I was using Google a lot as a newspaper) and that you can switch tabs and use it as a portal, while Google doesn't show any content until you start searching for something, which I'm not saying it's wrong, but sometimes I start browsing directly from Bing homepage if I like what it's suggesting, which never happens with Google. One thing they need to fix is the mobile app on Android though, because it's unusable, it keeps crashing and I've almost given up there.

SerLava 10y ago

I do this too, especially when Google insists it knows my question better than I do. I'll actually Google the word "bing" in this case. It feels like a vote of no confidence. I would be absolutely shocked if Google's algorithm doesn't have a special alarm bell for "2 dozen search query redefinitions and then they typed fucking 'Bing' into me."

nhebb 10y ago
> I'll actually Google the word "bing" in this case. That's funny. I'm going to start doing that. I get frustrated w/ Google when I do a search and the top results do not have a single instance of one of my search terms on their pages. I have no idea why they'd do that. So I switch to Bing in those cases.
- SerLava 10y ago
  Definitely. Bing has some unique technologies, but they can be partially characterized as being "Google 2 years ago" - in bad ways but also in good ways.
techolic 10y ago
This actually sounds like the easier way to tell Google about the dissatisfaction, in full context.

mrmondo 10y ago

Bingo - but seriously, I tried this too, I now use DDG, then Google and if I can't find what I'm looking for on either I tweet about it or write a blog post.