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I like a lot of what google does. Rather, I am addicted to a lot of google services. But its right about time that there is some competition in search space wit

by ujjwalg 17y ago

I like a lot of what google does. Rather, I am addicted to a lot of google services. But its right about time that there is some competition in search space with google. Monopoly of anyone is not good. I am a Bing man now. :) I love a lot of things about bing: interface for video/image search, cashback and the ability to watch previews of video without leaving the page, thus, saving a lot of time.

TallGuyShort 17y ago
Yeah - I feel very much the same as you - although since Google 'needs' competition - I would prefer it if it came from someone other than Microsoft. I'm just relieved that Google seems to be very good at not abusing its power. They push a lot of community projects and encourage others - it's nice. Bing does have a nice video/image search. I've never been terribly impressed by Google's algorithm for image search. I don't know how either algorithm works, but I get much better results from Bing, and the interface is very nice. I've always appreciate Google's very simple, informational interfaces, but I can't help but love the user-friendliness of Bing. It seems like they actually put a lot of thought into it.
- quizbiz 17y ago
  Everyone wants to be the next search engine but no one seems to be able to do it, even for a niche. Microsoft has the 500M to market it, and the who knows how many billions to build, and they already having paying advertisers. They know how to contact companies with big ad budgets... Not many other tech firms have all that in place, I don't think a startup could handle it. But then again, Google did it as a start up.
  - encoderer 17y ago
    Search wasn't even a business when Google blossomed in the late 90s. Altavista was a halo product for Digital. Yahoo used it to drive traffic to its services that made money. Etc. Etc. Etc. Every search engine then had a "Try this search on [Yahoo], [AltaVista], [Excite], [etc], [etc]" snippet at the bottom of each results page. GoTo changed everything with text ads and Google was the first company to turn search into big business. In other words, I agree with your larger point :)
tphyahoo 17y ago
how much did they pay you to say that? ha hah, just kidding, I actually kind of like bing, and you know why? the nice pictures. I wish they would show the pictures on the results page as well. search results ain't bad either ;)

by ujjwalg 17y ago

TallGuyShort 17y ago

Yeah - I feel very much the same as you - although since Google 'needs' competition - I would prefer it if it came from someone other than Microsoft. I'm just relieved that Google seems to be very good at not abusing its power. They push a lot of community projects and encourage others - it's nice. Bing does have a nice video/image search. I've never been terribly impressed by Google's algorithm for image search. I don't know how either algorithm works, but I get much better results from Bing, and the interface is very nice. I've always appreciate Google's very simple, informational interfaces, but I can't help but love the user-friendliness of Bing. It seems like they actually put a lot of thought into it.

quizbiz 17y ago
Everyone wants to be the next search engine but no one seems to be able to do it, even for a niche. Microsoft has the 500M to market it, and the who knows how many billions to build, and they already having paying advertisers. They know how to contact companies with big ad budgets... Not many other tech firms have all that in place, I don't think a startup could handle it. But then again, Google did it as a start up.
- encoderer 17y ago
  Search wasn't even a business when Google blossomed in the late 90s. Altavista was a halo product for Digital. Yahoo used it to drive traffic to its services that made money. Etc. Etc. Etc. Every search engine then had a "Try this search on [Yahoo], [AltaVista], [Excite], [etc], [etc]" snippet at the bottom of each results page. GoTo changed everything with text ads and Google was the first company to turn search into big business. In other words, I agree with your larger point :)

tphyahoo 17y ago

how much did they pay you to say that? ha hah, just kidding, I actually kind of like bing, and you know why? the nice pictures. I wish they would show the pictures on the results page as well. search results ain't bad either ;)