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Bing doesn't really come to the rescue -- the X..Y format on Google searches for numbers in a range. Bing seems to just try to find that string as plain text.
by humbledrone 15y ago
Bing doesn't really come to the rescue -- the X..Y format on Google searches for numbers in a range. Bing seems to just try to find that string as plain text.
- fletchowns 15y agoYes, it doesn't hit some strange error page though.
- brk 15y agoCorrect. Instead it returns some generally useless results that are likely not at all what the user desired. Truthfully this seems about what I expect from Microsoft.
- joshuaheard 15y agoGarbage in, garbage out.
- Evgeny 15y agoInstead it returns some generally useless results that are likely not at all what the user desired If the user entered "9999999..99999999999999999999999" in the search box, what would you say he desired to get in return? Serious question, cause I have no clue about why would anyone genuinely want to search for that ...
- brk 15y agoIn google the ".." between two sets of numbers indicates search for numbers between the range of the two. So, if Bing is trying to "emulate" google in that way for more advanced queries, they are doing it wrong. Since google is sort of the defacto standard for search right now, I would say that Bing's response would be out of the ordinary for what a user accustomed to doing those kinds of searches would expect.
- mtogo 15y agoThe point is that Google crashes and Bing returns somewhat useless results. It's better, though only incrementally.
- jessedhillon 15y agoIt's not a crash. It's a wall preventing people searching for CC#'s without giving them a specific reason why they won't execute that search.