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Actually... i took it thru some paces... search some obscure mysql error messages, python function names, my name, unit conversions, etc.. The results are exac
by encoderer 17y ago
Actually... i took it thru some paces... search some obscure mysql error messages, python function names, my name, unit conversions, etc..
The results are exactly what I expect, as good (or nearly so) as Google.
The only exception being advanced query syntax: wildcards in phrases, the ".." range operator, etc. But that's something I can forgive on day 1...
- axod 17y agoYou don't win by being nearly as good as your competitor though.
- encoderer 17y agoOh come on, it's day 1... I can't say Bing will gain traction or not. But, at the very least, on day one, it's the 2nd best search engine available.
- axod 17y agoThe search results seem like pretty much the same as they have been for years. This is just a rebranding and some UI fluff as far as I can see. So yeah, it's day 1 for the new UI, but I was talking about quality of search results.
- jimbokun 17y agoMicrosoft has done exactly this several times. They won through superior business models, which made nearly as good better for their purposes. (Unless, of course, you include the business model as part of being better than the competition, in which case your statement is trivially true.) I don't know if Microsoft has ideas for beating Google in the business model arena, but I wouldn't put it past them.
- SapphireSun 17y agoI noticed something interesting. When I searched for "google" it displayed _only_ google's homepage (there was a link below it to display similar results). I tried searching google for "bing" and "yahoo" and google shows the primary result in a highlight at the top of the page. I dunno. In some ways, bing seems more aesthetically pleasing than google. I really liked the infinite image scroll as some others have mentioned.