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3 ways Bing is ahead of Google

8 points by dabent 17y ago

mark_l_watson 17y ago
As a long time Microsoft detractor, I must admit that Bing has a few things that I like: 1. instant view popups 2. free search and spelling APIs for developers. I wrote a web blog showing how to use these services in just a few lines of Ruby code. and, free is good 3. daily pictures :-)
bediger 17y ago
It crashes more, too!
rpdillon 17y ago
Interesting choice of headline, both by submitter and the article. Actually, the three things listed are, in their words, "three ways the new audience’s demands differ from the early adopters." At the end of the first item, the author even says "I’m not convinced yet that Bing is better or faster at decision-making, but it’s an appealing promise." So we've established we're not actually talking about what Bing is, we're talking about what it wants to be. Which is fine. Except that at the end of the third item, the example they use is based on weather results: "Most people like having a canned answer atop the results, as long as they can trust that it’s correct. What’s the top reason most people hit a search engine? Bing researchers found that it’s to decide what to wear, based on the weather outside. You don’t need t0 search every page on the Internet to figure that out." Indeed. Try seaching for "weather" on Google, it offers up a weather report at the top if you supply a zip code or keyword (like "nyc" in my example below), and has an input box for you to specify one if you don't. It seems an odd example if you want to show how Bing Is Not Google. http://www.google.com/search?q=weather http://www.google.com/search?q=weather http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+nyc http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+nyc
presty 17y ago
From TFA: "But Bing hasn’t grabbed one-tenth of the world’s search engine traffic in just a few months by luck, or by advertising." Hm, maybe they grabbed it because: - microsoft sites (msn, msdn, etc) use bing - live.com redirects to bing - bing powers yahoo search

8 points by dabent 17y ago

As a long time Microsoft detractor, I must admit that Bing has a few things that I like: 1. instant view popups 2. free search and spelling APIs for developers. I wrote a web blog showing how to use these services in just a few lines of Ruby code. and, free is good 3. daily pictures :-)

bediger 17y ago

It crashes more, too!

rpdillon 17y ago

Interesting choice of headline, both by submitter and the article. Actually, the three things listed are, in their words, "three ways the new audience’s demands differ from the early adopters." At the end of the first item, the author even says "I’m not convinced yet that Bing is better or faster at decision-making, but it’s an appealing promise." So we've established we're not actually talking about what Bing is, we're talking about what it wants to be. Which is fine. Except that at the end of the third item, the example they use is based on weather results: "Most people like having a canned answer atop the results, as long as they can trust that it’s correct. What’s the top reason most people hit a search engine? Bing researchers found that it’s to decide what to wear, based on the weather outside. You don’t need t0 search every page on the Internet to figure that out." Indeed. Try seaching for "weather" on Google, it offers up a weather report at the top if you supply a zip code or keyword (like "nyc" in my example below), and has an input box for you to specify one if you don't. It seems an odd example if you want to show how Bing Is Not Google. http://www.google.com/search?q=weather http://www.google.com/search?q=weather http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+nyc http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+nyc

presty 17y ago

From TFA: "But Bing hasn’t grabbed one-tenth of the world’s search engine traffic in just a few months by luck, or by advertising." Hm, maybe they grabbed it because: - microsoft sites (msn, msdn, etc) use bing - live.com redirects to bing - bing powers yahoo search