-
- kbz1960Doesn't MatterAnd? I think most searches give the same results. I don't like the ones new that use your search he's no matter how much they say it improves my experience. BS just a way for them to data mine and profile.madman0141 likes this.06-20-12 02:59 PMLike 1
- my wife likes to use both when searching for images, since (she claims) they give different results.Willard814 likes this.06-20-12 03:07 PMLike 1
- It's the same stuff repackaged, it is personal preference if you like one or the other. Then you also have others using yahoo or other smaller engines to get to the same place. I view it like Coke vs Pepsi they are both sodas and some people drink others like RC.06-20-12 03:57 PMLike 0
-
- Just out of curiosity, how specifically are Google's resulst better? Does Google just happen to send the kinds of results you have in mind whereas Bing sends other stuff? Or does Google show more pages of content that you can use for whatever your purposes are?
I'm not at all trying to be an arse by asking this question, and I don't have a favorite search engine to protect or promote -- I've just never known how one search engine can be better than another when they're all really working from the same pool of findable results. I understand that one might have a different algorithm that ranks and displays the results differently than another, and/or maybe they use crawlers differently to view and document each web page, but are the search engines actually finding different stuff . . . or are they just showing the same results on different pages/rankings that may or may not coincidentally be what you had in mind when you searched (but which might have been exactly what somebody else was thinking of when they searched for the same topic)?06-20-12 04:50 PMLike 0 - diegoneiRetired Mod & AmbassadorJust out of curiosity, how specifically are Google's resulst better? Does Google just happen to send the kinds of results you have in mind whereas Bing sends other stuff? Or does Google show more pages of content that you can use for whatever your purposes are?
I'm not at all trying to be an arse by asking this question, and I don't have a favorite search engine to protect or promote -- I've just never known how one search engine can be better than another when they're all really working from the same pool of findable results. I understand that one might have a different algorithm that ranks and displays the results differently than another, and/or maybe they use crawlers differently to view and document each web page, but are the search engines actually finding different stuff . . . or are they just showing the same results on different pages/rankings that may or may not coincidentally be what you had in mind when you searched (but which might have been exactly what somebody else was thinking of when they searched for the same topic)?
Things like big brands, "blackberry", "crackberry", "apple"... Results are fairly the same, a few things differ but mostly the same content.
If I am trying to find a paper, reference material for an article, if I search a person's name.... Then Bing gives me a hard time while Google usually delivers fast results.
EDIT: Thanks to Bing, I now know some spanish kid shares my name. He better not taint it... Else... �� Well, back to the point. He's nowhere to be seen in Google...Last edited by diegonei; 06-20-12 at 05:25 PM.
06-20-12 05:15 PMLike 0 - I've run a bunch of tests between Chrome19, IE10 with and without personal data and found that Google produces more relevant results and usually delivers them faster.
I used to think like that and Google gave me very fine control over personal info. Eventually I decided to take off my tinfoil hat and found that Google is very responsible with personal info and they put it to good use. I get even better results, more features, and ads that are actually worth clicking on.06-20-12 05:34 PMLike 0 -
- Pete6Retired ModeratorI doubt it very much. imo Google has been at this for too long for Bing to ever catch up. I am a big MicroSoft fan but when it comes to search engines, Google has the best by a mile.
Google, to me, seems to give simple results whereas Bing always seems to try and make decisions for me. Turns out I'm better at that than Bing is and my decision right now is to not use Bing simply because it tries to outguess me.Willard814 likes this.06-20-12 06:08 PMLike 1 - What I really like is, ever since 2.1, whenever I search for something using the URL input field, occasionally it will bring up Bing---even though I have the Search Engine setting explicitly set to Google. Microsoft, if you're listening, I want Bing Maps (and my GPS) back---not Bing!06-20-12 09:04 PMLike 0
- I doubt it very much. imo Google has been at this for too long for Bing to ever catch up. I am a big MicroSoft fan but when it comes to search engines, Google has the best by a mile.
Google, to me, seems to give simple results whereas Bing always seems to try and make decisions for me. Turns out I'm better at that than Bing is and my decision right now is to not use Bing simply because it tries to outguess me.
Oh, and you can set a background on Google. You can't have it change automatically every day, but you can set it.06-21-12 01:09 AMLike 0 - Haha SOrry guys I completely forgot bout this thread!! I got busy searching the web!!
Yeah, what about it? Bing looks better?
As for results, I usually have a hard time with bing. But, let's try a simple experiment...
Click to view quoted image
Click to view quoted image
So for Google new tabs have to be used and even the Image search results do not work smoothly.
Pretty much, yeah...
Things like big brands, "blackberry", "crackberry", "apple"... Results are fairly the same, a few things differ but mostly the same content.
If I am trying to find a paper, reference material for an article, if I search a person's name.... Then Bing gives me a hard time while Google usually delivers fast results.
EDIT: Thanks to Bing, I now know some spanish kid shares my name. He better not taint it... Else... �� Well, back to the point. He's nowhere to be seen in Google...
But the truth here is I understand how Google searches now and I can easily play around with keywords to find my result, but Bing I have not discovered yet so getting the same results can take longer.
Haha, tbh it was for the Bing background!06-21-12 01:19 AMLike 0 - That's why they're working with Yahoo. I use both search engines (Bing by default) and both are good. Once in a while I don't get the right results, so I try Google. About 1/4 (maybe) of the time I get good results with Google. Part of the reason I prefer Bing is that I've been able to get websites onto the search results faster.
Bing gives professional photographs which are a pleasure. Not at all the same as setting an image in Google.06-21-12 01:20 AMLike 0 - 06-21-12 08:19 AMLike 0
- I've used Google since before it became THE search engine and really see no need to switch. It's not that one is "better" than the other; they're just a bit different. Just searching my own name, half the results are different on the first page between Google and Bing. So, whichever one you use, if you don't see what you're looking for, try the other.06-21-12 08:29 AMLike 0
- Forum
- BlackBerry PlayBook Forums
- BlackBerry PlayBook
Google vs. Bing
LINK TO POST COPIED TO CLIPBOARD