Comments on: “Bing is Better” than Google

By: Maxi

Maxi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:51:54 +0000

Does anyone else think that NY Times is partial to anything non-Google considering all the hell they raised about Google displaying their precious news snippets?

I would trust a review from them on other topics. But they are known G haters. Enough said.

By: Funzu

Funzu — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:51:33 +0000

I have been using Google for quite some time now. But , for a while now I haven’t been getting the results I used to expect from the search giant. They have been pretty much the same sites popping up (Wiki, Youtube, etc.) on top of a maybe a couple good results and mixed with a whole lot of sites that are of very little value (just web page shells). Really there isn’t much for me to continue to use in the way of search to keep me at Google.

So far Bing has given me a good mix. Yes, some junk is in there but pretty up to par with Google. I love the image search on bing, the interface, and how the results are presented. I love the little side bar that open up. As a webmaster I thought that wouldn’t be a wise thing to do. After seeing and using it, I love it. So yes I am switching to bing for a while and using Google as a secondary. A bit of change for me after Google this, Google that, Google it, etc.

Someone I was talking to told me to “Google it.” Me a webmaster being told to Google something. I think they forgot the fact. Anyway, I said “Google it? Man you are behind times” Bing is the new search craze. Try it and you will like it. Talked to him a few days ago and asked him if he liked it. He said pretty much the same thing I said above. He liked the results, the interface, the side window that opens, image search, etc.

This is just my thoughts and experience.

By: Ariese

Ariese — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:50:26 +0000

As much as I’d love Google to have some real competition, Google results were still significantly better last time I checked (today).

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:50:04 +0000

I give it a try and it’s nice that I can get the image i needed easily than in google.

but i turn back to google again and again. My toolbar, which has a gmail notifier so important to me, is set with google. The current features of Bing is just not revolutionary to make us move.

It’s nice to see there’s a great alternative to google, but it’s an alternative.

By: George

George — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:35 +0000

I just wish it worked better with Opera. Also I’m always getting mixed results because of the geotargeting. I’m in Japan and if I search for an English term I always get Japanese pages first.

Regardless, I’m giving Bing a long hard look. I have it set as default browser on several PCs. I still have to jump to Google occasionally, unfortunately.

Nice to see the NYT article pointing out some of these areas where Bing does better.

By: Sana

Sana — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:17 +0000

Finally, someone who is not a Google fanboy gave it the review it deserves.

More people need to tell more people and so on and so forth and before you know it, Google will no longer be the 800lb Gorilla.