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For what reason. Apparently, aside from their tight relationship with Google, Bing's result is not good enough for Apple to continue, since DuckDuckGo is using
by tanilama 9y ago
For what reason. Apparently, aside from their tight relationship with Google, Bing's result is not good enough for Apple to continue, since DuckDuckGo is using Yahoo, who is backed up Bing, I don't see a legit cause for Apple to switch to it.
- partiallypro 9y agoQuality of results had absolutely nothing to do with the decision, Google and Microsoft bid on the right to be the search engine. Since Microsoft had already been on the platform they may have seen poor or negative ROI from the deal. Google outbid them with a $3 Billion deal, simple as that. Simple searches you would do from your phone would be/are neck and neck between Google and Bing, where they diverge a bit are more complex/technical queries.
- yeukhon 9y agoLast part: deal breaker for me. I can't speak for others, but I am going to assume many feel the same. I couldn't stand looking at Yahoo search results. I switched back to Google after Firefox made Yahoo the prefer choicd (the deal with Yahoo)
- partiallypro 9y agoYahoo results aren't the same as Bing's; it is merely powered by it, Yahoo still has some control over results and how it uses Bing's service.
- yeukhon 9y agoIt is essentially the same result when the underlying engine is Bing, even though Yahoo can choose how to use the engine.
- notsuretho 9y agoI’m not as convinced about the quality of text search for bing vs google. I’ve found the former to be inferior in terms of SEO gaming. That said, it doesn’t use AMP (not relevant here) and its map and images offering is excellent.