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I binged it, and it took me to this zdnet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-engine-bias/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-a

I binged it, and it took me to this zdnet article: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-engine-bias/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-advertising-and-search-e... So the author of that observation is Sergey Brin himself. Lel.

tyingq 9y ago
I try not to overuse the reference, but "Anatomy of a Search Engine" [1] is so deliciously prescient and ironic that it's hard to avoid. It's funny how hard Sergey and Larry shifted once personal fortunes changed their motivation. [1] http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html
- blub 9y ago
  "For example, a search engine could add a small factor to search results from "friendly" companies, and subtract a factor from results from competitors" That's basically what Google got sued for in the EU and they lost. The friendly companies were other Google properties.
  - Buge 9y ago
    The shopping fine? That wasn't a case of results being secretly promoted like the paper was worried about. The shopping ads were labeled as sponsored.
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  It is rather delicious. (Not to be confused with del.icio.us, which is now ... Pinboard.)
veidr 9y ago
That's the first time I've ever heard somebody use "bing" as a verb, outside of a Microsoft ad. (Assuming that your post isn't a new form of Microsoft ad, that is.)
- lolive 9y ago
  I definitely look forward to a search engine called bang.com Comments such as "yesterday I banged Scarlett Johansson" would be hilarious. [OK OK, -1 me, I deserve it ;)]
- sundvor 9y ago
  https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ also had this link as its #1 result. I much prefer DDG - have converted across all my devices now in the past month and I'm really, really liking it. (Sorry off topic, but it's contextual.) What's that then, I ducked it? :-)
  - codeulike 9y ago
    quacked it?
  - pawelk 9y ago
    Doesn't DDG use Bing behind the scenes for substantial number of queries?
- Brendinooo 9y ago
  Anecdata: I use Bing regularly. Sometimes I'll say I've binged something, but I have a hard time doing so without a little hint of sarcasm or self-awareness in my voice. It gets weirder when people are using the term "Google-fu" - gotta say "search-fu" if you can't stomach "Bing-fu"; neither option is great. But hey, the rewards points are redeemable for Amazon cards...

tyingq 9y ago

I try not to overuse the reference, but "Anatomy of a Search Engine" [1] is so deliciously prescient and ironic that it's hard to avoid. It's funny how hard Sergey and Larry shifted once personal fortunes changed their motivation. [1] http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

blub 9y ago
"For example, a search engine could add a small factor to search results from "friendly" companies, and subtract a factor from results from competitors" That's basically what Google got sued for in the EU and they lost. The friendly companies were other Google properties.
- Buge 9y ago
  The shopping fine? That wasn't a case of results being secretly promoted like the paper was worried about. The shopping ads were labeled as sponsored.
dredmorbius 9y ago
It is rather delicious. (Not to be confused with del.icio.us, which is now ... Pinboard.)

veidr 9y ago

That's the first time I've ever heard somebody use "bing" as a verb, outside of a Microsoft ad. (Assuming that your post isn't a new form of Microsoft ad, that is.)

lolive 9y ago
I definitely look forward to a search engine called bang.com Comments such as "yesterday I banged Scarlett Johansson" would be hilarious. [OK OK, -1 me, I deserve it ;)]
sundvor 9y ago
https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ also had this link as its #1 result. I much prefer DDG - have converted across all my devices now in the past month and I'm really, really liking it. (Sorry off topic, but it's contextual.) What's that then, I ducked it? :-)
- codeulike 9y ago
  quacked it?
- pawelk 9y ago
  Doesn't DDG use Bing behind the scenes for substantial number of queries?
Brendinooo 9y ago
Anecdata: I use Bing regularly. Sometimes I'll say I've binged something, but I have a hard time doing so without a little hint of sarcasm or self-awareness in my voice. It gets weirder when people are using the term "Google-fu" - gotta say "search-fu" if you can't stomach "Bing-fu"; neither option is great. But hey, the rewards points are redeemable for Amazon cards...