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reminds of the ad Microsoft is running that they call "Scroogled". They claim that Bing is better than google and even have ppl on TV test it out. I tried takin
by codegeek 13y ago
reminds of the ad Microsoft is running that they call "Scroogled". They claim that Bing is better than google and even have ppl on TV test it out. I tried taking that challenge and bing fails 95% of the time compared to google results.
- HelloMcFly 13y agoBing has won that test for my, my girlfriend, and 3/5 of my office mates. I still use Google most of the time out of habit, but I was still surprised by the results. I'm not saying I'm representative of any particular group, but I don't think the fact that it didn't work for you makes the whole campaign a farce.
- thedufer 13y agoIIRC, they won by suggesting single-word search strings. For very easy searches, Bing slightly edges out Google, but no one cares, because both of them have the thing you're looking for on the first page. For those awful long-tail searches, Bing completely flames out, while Google often does a decent job. For a more interesting test, try describing things as if you know what you're looking for but can't remember the name (movies, products, etc.).
- HelloMcFly 13y agoI can only speak for myself and say I was definitely not using single-word search strings. That would be awful uncritical of me.
- pdubs 13y agoFor "normal" things I ended up slightly leaning towards Bing; for programming and technical searching it was Google by a mile.
- dagw 13y agoGoogle also wins massively for non-English search terms in my experience.