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I switched over to Duck Duck Go, which uses the Bing API, with every intention of using them full time and not going back to google. But the results were much,

I switched over to Duck Duck Go, which uses the Bing API, with every intention of using them full time and not going back to google. But the results were much, much worse and I had to go back to google. That wasn't just a blind taste test, I was actively rooting for pepsi but I just couldn't stomach the taste and had to go back to Coca-Cola.

27182818284 14y ago
Switched to DDG as well, noticed that it was a little too slow for my liking at times, and often did produce less desirable results than Google, but after a couple of months those dried up. It seemed to speed up a little (don't know if it actually did) and the results seemed to get better (don't know if they actually did or I just kicked the subconscious habit)
- eighthNote 14y ago
  I still find the ddg results are lacking about half the time. Fortunately, its only two characters more to redirect the search if ddg came up empty handed.
freehunter 14y ago
I've done a quick study of this at my office, and I'm not saying the results were what you experienced, just that this was one sample. When people put the same simple search term in both, they found the result quicker in Bing. When the search term was more complex and used operators, they found the result quicker in Google. The difference I saw was that people were used to Google and how to format a search so Google finds it better. The same search operators didn't work as well in Bing. Whether this is a problem with complex queries in Bing or a problem of the computer training the user, I can't say. This was just what my office found out. For the record, no one changed their search provider.
sliverstorm 14y ago
I have found Bing results unimpressive, too. However, I personally suspect I've just been trained to use Google effectively, giving Google the edge when I compare the two.

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I switched over to Duck Duck Go, which uses the Bing API, with every intention of using them full time and not going back to google. But the results were much,

by Androsynth 14y ago

27182818284 14y ago
Switched to DDG as well, noticed that it was a little too slow for my liking at times, and often did produce less desirable results than Google, but after a couple of months those dried up. It seemed to speed up a little (don't know if it actually did) and the results seemed to get better (don't know if they actually did or I just kicked the subconscious habit)
- eighthNote 14y ago
  I still find the ddg results are lacking about half the time. Fortunately, its only two characters more to redirect the search if ddg came up empty handed.
freehunter 14y ago
I've done a quick study of this at my office, and I'm not saying the results were what you experienced, just that this was one sample. When people put the same simple search term in both, they found the result quicker in Bing. When the search term was more complex and used operators, they found the result quicker in Google. The difference I saw was that people were used to Google and how to format a search so Google finds it better. The same search operators didn't work as well in Bing. Whether this is a problem with complex queries in Bing or a problem of the computer training the user, I can't say. This was just what my office found out. For the record, no one changed their search provider.
sliverstorm 14y ago
I have found Bing results unimpressive, too. However, I personally suspect I've just been trained to use Google effectively, giving Google the edge when I compare the two.