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I've been using Bing for a few weeks now it is not all the way there yet but so far the experience is more gratifying than Google. The results seem to be better

I've been using Bing for a few weeks now it is not all the way there yet but so far the experience is more gratifying than Google. The results seem to be better and there is less ads on top the search results. Their AI integration is also well accomplished. No complains there...

sempron64 4y ago
Anecdotally, their actual search results have sucked for me. For example, I searched for “narrowest cars with 6 or more seats”, and Bing’s results were terrible and irrelevant. The AI version gave me some acceptable results but very few. Google returned pages of relevant results from different years.
- Sindisil 4y ago
  When I try that search string on DuckDuckGo, I see what looks to be pretty decent results, FWIW.
  - manquer 4y ago
    DDG is backed by the bing index
    - Sindisil 4y ago
      Only partially. Also, even if it were just a Dr front for Bing, it doesn't change that I got perfectly reasonable results for the search string said to return unusable results from Bing, so
      - vitorgrs 4y ago
        Not partially, totally now. They used Yandex before, but they stopped using it after the war I believe.
- vitorgrs 4y ago
  You probably tried on balanced mode, that is shitty. Tried now on Creative and seems... very good? https://imgur.com/a/xekxNAh https://imgur.com/a/xekxNAh
Tactician_mark 4y ago
I'd use Bing's chat feature if it wasn't only available on Edge... I can't seem to get any Chromium browsers working well on my Fedora install. I already want to use Microsoft's search engine, why do they need me to use their browser too?
- cosmojg 4y ago
  There are addons/extensions for that! Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bing-chat-for... Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bing-chat-for-all-browser/jofbglonpbndadajbafmmaklbfbkggpo https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bing-chat-for-all-...
  - ParetoOptimal 4y ago
    Last I checked you can just use a user agent switcher plugin to say you're using bing FYI.
    - hbn 4y ago
      That's exactly what this is doing, but only on the bing.com domain https://github.com/anaclumos/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/blob/main/src/background.ts https://github.com/anaclumos/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/blob...
- seydor 4y ago
  When MS switches on bing chat on chrome it will be a huge blow to google
  - VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
    Doubt it. Not enough people even know about it or will discover it to be a "huge blow" to google
- badsoftware 4y ago
  There’s an extension that enables it for all browsers
VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
I use bing via duck duck go and it's total dog shit but I don't want to use Google so I just suffer through it. And even Google's 1st page results are pretty useless nowadays
unloco 4y ago
except you cant use the AI function without using Edge.. That's a huge complaint from me.
- shostack 4y ago
  Half the time I enter a prompt it spits back regular search results without any chat response.
moron4hire 4y ago
I've been using it for about 4 years now. Occasionally, I'll try Google when I'm having difficulty finding something with Bing. It's usually something where I have only a vague recollection of what I'm looking for and I'm starting by using search to find other keywords to eventually get to my true search terms. But it has yet to work out that Google has provided better results in those cases. Indeed, the results are often worse and I doubt I'd be able to make any progress with Google anymore. And now, with ChatGPT integrated with Bing, I have found it makes very, very short work of those sorts of vague, barely remembered searches.

sempron64 4y ago

Anecdotally, their actual search results have sucked for me. For example, I searched for “narrowest cars with 6 or more seats”, and Bing’s results were terrible and irrelevant. The AI version gave me some acceptable results but very few. Google returned pages of relevant results from different years.

Sindisil 4y ago
When I try that search string on DuckDuckGo, I see what looks to be pretty decent results, FWIW.
- manquer 4y ago
  DDG is backed by the bing index
  - Sindisil 4y ago
    Only partially. Also, even if it were just a Dr front for Bing, it doesn't change that I got perfectly reasonable results for the search string said to return unusable results from Bing, so
    - vitorgrs 4y ago
      Not partially, totally now. They used Yandex before, but they stopped using it after the war I believe.
vitorgrs 4y ago
You probably tried on balanced mode, that is shitty. Tried now on Creative and seems... very good? https://imgur.com/a/xekxNAh https://imgur.com/a/xekxNAh

Tactician_mark 4y ago

I'd use Bing's chat feature if it wasn't only available on Edge... I can't seem to get any Chromium browsers working well on my Fedora install. I already want to use Microsoft's search engine, why do they need me to use their browser too?

cosmojg 4y ago
There are addons/extensions for that! Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bing-chat-for... Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bing-chat-for-all-browser/jofbglonpbndadajbafmmaklbfbkggpo https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bing-chat-for-all-...
- ParetoOptimal 4y ago
  Last I checked you can just use a user agent switcher plugin to say you're using bing FYI.
  - hbn 4y ago
    That's exactly what this is doing, but only on the bing.com domain https://github.com/anaclumos/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/blob/main/src/background.ts https://github.com/anaclumos/bing-chat-for-all-browsers/blob...
seydor 4y ago
When MS switches on bing chat on chrome it will be a huge blow to google
- VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
  Doubt it. Not enough people even know about it or will discover it to be a "huge blow" to google
badsoftware 4y ago
There’s an extension that enables it for all browsers

VWWHFSfQ 4y ago

I use bing via duck duck go and it's total dog shit but I don't want to use Google so I just suffer through it. And even Google's 1st page results are pretty useless nowadays

unloco 4y ago

except you cant use the AI function without using Edge.. That's a huge complaint from me.

shostack 4y ago
Half the time I enter a prompt it spits back regular search results without any chat response.

moron4hire 4y ago

I've been using it for about 4 years now. Occasionally, I'll try Google when I'm having difficulty finding something with Bing. It's usually something where I have only a vague recollection of what I'm looking for and I'm starting by using search to find other keywords to eventually get to my true search terms. But it has yet to work out that Google has provided better results in those cases. Indeed, the results are often worse and I doubt I'd be able to make any progress with Google anymore. And now, with ChatGPT integrated with Bing, I have found it makes very, very short work of those sorts of vague, barely remembered searches.