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I think there is a DEEP flaw in this argument: "Here’s another one. This time, it’s a misspelling of “bombilate,” a rare word I cited above. I searched for “bo
by zzleeper 16y ago
I think there is a DEEP flaw in this argument:
"Here’s another one. This time, it’s a misspelling of “bombilate,” a rare word I cited above. I searched for “bombilete,” instead.."
In essence, they say that Google only pointed to the typo, but Bing redirected to it. Thus, "it’s very unlikely it figured this out from Google". For me, making that argument is insulting to the readers intelligence.
- jeroen 16y agoYou missed part of the argument: "But it’s very unlikely it figured this out from Google, given that for the misspelling, Google doesn’t auto-correct the word nor provide the same answer." Bing's nr 1 result is not in Google's results at all.
- moultano 16y agoGoogle has the spell correction. Microsoft could certainly be harvesting that data directly. (Which appears to be what they are doing on that query.)
- indyank 16y agoVery true...they might be doing this as part of their "cost cutting" exercises.Hasheem had mentioned this and I am not sure what made him to mention "cost cutting" in that panel discussion where Matt and Blekko CEO participated.