Comments on: Bing Will Never Be King. Just another Microsoft Product.

By: BiffSocko

BiffSocko — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:50:44 +0000

how does a search engine become bloated? It either works or it doesn’t. You can compare the results of searches here:

Bing returns results as quickly as Google does, and the results are similar. I think Microsoft created a top notch product with Bing. As technologists/engineers, we need to give credit where credit is due. They have been the only ones that have been able to come up with a search engine that can give Google a run for its money.

As for the Open Source community embracing Google, that happened at a time when Google had the “Don’t be Evil” motto (which it has since dropped: http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2009/04/google_quietly.php). It houses more personal user information then any other company on earth.

I don’t accuse Microsoft of not maintaining user data, but lets call it like it really is; one is as bad as the other. Sticking to Google because they once gave me a warm fuzzy feeling is no longer a good enough reason.

I personally use both search engines. I don’t find one to be any better then the other.

By: Todd Jones

Todd Jones — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:42 +0000

Good article, I agree that people like us would like to stay away from bloat. Microsofts ads are aimed at people who seemingly don’t know how to use search engines. To me, “Google” is synonymous with “search.” <3

By: dr_phil

dr_phil — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:56:54 +0000

I have not met a single person that types “bing” in the address bar to do a search. I have however seen many organizations use “Bing” as the default search engine as put out by their less-then-competent IT staff (for reasons equally as mysterious as to why they ban FireFox). The Bing popularity numbers are most certainly less then honest, I just wonder how long it will take for investors and stock analysts to see that.