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For web search, are you using the Bing API? If so, do you have thoughts from the private beta on how it compares to Google - where it does similarly/better, whe

For web search, are you using the Bing API? If so, do you have thoughts from the private beta on how it compares to Google - where it does similarly/better, where it does worse?

richardsocher 5y ago
Great question: We are first ranking apps and then within apps we have some of our own ranking but e.g. web results come from Bing. We have found that when non-web-result-apps trigger in the top 2, we are often as good or better than Google. Web results by themselves are a mixed bag, which is why we built out lots of custom apps for developers, e.g. StackOverflow (with code snippets), W3Schools, MDN, Copilot-like Code Completion, json checkers. You can find the list of apps in our FAQ: https://youdotcom.notion.site/FAQ-8c871d6c99d84e02955fda772a1da8d4 https://youdotcom.notion.site/FAQ-8c871d6c99d84e02955fda772a...
- JimDabell 5y ago
  Whenever the subject of personalising search results comes up in technical communities, the most common thing I hear are people saying they wish they could remove W3Schools from their search results automatically. Specifically that particular site. It’s got a terrible reputation. People have even built browser extensions to do it: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+w3schools+from+search+results https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+w3schools+from+search... In that context, it seems strange you consider this a selling point when so many people regard the inclusion of this site in their search results to be a failure. Perhaps pick a different site to keep mentioning? It doesn’t give the best impression when you proudly say “Hey, you know that site you hate? We give it special priority!” Is it possible to remove this site from your results entirely? Also, it’s not clear what “JSON checkers” means in the context of a search engine.
  - aembleton 5y ago
    Or just let a user remove a domain from results.
  - richardsocher 5y ago
    Yea. All sources and apps can be preferred or disliked and that will impact the ranking. StackOverflow might be more popular :) You can test your json files to see if they're valid via the json checker app.
    - JimDabell 5y ago
      Why have you put a JSON checker into your search engine? These are two entirely different things.

For web search, are you using the Bing API? If so, do you have thoughts from the private beta on how it compares to Google - where it does similarly/better, where it does worse?

richardsocher 5y ago

Great question: We are first ranking apps and then within apps we have some of our own ranking but e.g. web results come from Bing. We have found that when non-web-result-apps trigger in the top 2, we are often as good or better than Google. Web results by themselves are a mixed bag, which is why we built out lots of custom apps for developers, e.g. StackOverflow (with code snippets), W3Schools, MDN, Copilot-like Code Completion, json checkers. You can find the list of apps in our FAQ: https://youdotcom.notion.site/FAQ-8c871d6c99d84e02955fda772a1da8d4 https://youdotcom.notion.site/FAQ-8c871d6c99d84e02955fda772a...

JimDabell 5y ago
Whenever the subject of personalising search results comes up in technical communities, the most common thing I hear are people saying they wish they could remove W3Schools from their search results automatically. Specifically that particular site. It’s got a terrible reputation. People have even built browser extensions to do it: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+w3schools+from+search+results https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+w3schools+from+search... In that context, it seems strange you consider this a selling point when so many people regard the inclusion of this site in their search results to be a failure. Perhaps pick a different site to keep mentioning? It doesn’t give the best impression when you proudly say “Hey, you know that site you hate? We give it special priority!” Is it possible to remove this site from your results entirely? Also, it’s not clear what “JSON checkers” means in the context of a search engine.
- aembleton 5y ago
  Or just let a user remove a domain from results.
- richardsocher 5y ago
  Yea. All sources and apps can be preferred or disliked and that will impact the ranking. StackOverflow might be more popular :) You can test your json files to see if they're valid via the json checker app.
  - JimDabell 5y ago
    Why have you put a JSON checker into your search engine? These are two entirely different things.