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Badda Bing - Search for your answer!
Bing is Microsoft's new search engine. It was launched June 3 of 2009. Some of you lensmasters may have already seen hits to your lenses from it...I know I have. Bing is causing quite a stir in the internet world. Besides being called 'prettier' than the Google search page, it is being marketed as a 'decision engine'. It is supposed to give users a more relevant list of options and cut out all of the crap. Bing has a beautiful homepage that offers tabs to narrow your search that include images, videos, maps, and shopping. It is similar to Google's but, in my opinion, it is presented in a more user friendly way. They stand out more and frankly, I am more likely to use the other options on Bing than on Google. It also has an Extras tab at the top where you can read blogs and set your personal preferences. The background pictures are also aesthetically pleasing and they change everytime you enter the home page. But does all of this fancy stuff make it better than Google? I think you should decide for yourself. Go to the Bing vs Google side by side comparision page and try it for yourself.
Here's my favorite link:
What is Bing?
This explains it all
So let me hear it!
Do you think Bing will overpower Google?
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Pukeko says:
Google is too strong. I think Twitter has a better shot at Google than Bing. But in the end Google will prevail.
Posted October 28, 2009
susannaduffy says:
How can Bing overpower google? What they have done is COPY google, and last year's copy too. Wave will be here soon and bing will be forgotten like other microsoft mishaps
Posted June 07, 2009
Yes
dagsmith says:
It's unlikely that Bing will win - but they are making bigger gains than any other Google competitor.
Posted November 27, 2009
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Listen to the pros
Bing was made available to some reviewers in the weeks before it went live. Although I don't think people are going to be saying "Why don't you Bing it?" anytime soon, reviews have been quite positive.Wired.Com's review was titled "Bing, But No Boom". They like Bing and were quoted saying "Bing's travel search is a clear winner that sets it far ahead of Yahoo and Google." On the downside, they also thought that it's "local' and 'my listings' features were easy to miss.
Brier Dudley, a write for the Seattle Times, said "Google is a wonderful tool, but it's like getting all your news from CNN, your coffee only from Starbucks or your operating systems only from Microsoft".
Not only has Bing impressed people like Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) and Rafe Needleman (CNet editor), it has my fellow Squidooers talking in the forums.
Yahoo tried but couldn't defeat Google. Maybe Bing could be it's best competitor. We'll just have to wait and see.
The war is on
*UPDATE*
How is Bing doing?
I don't know if Google has anything to worry about or not but here are what some studies are saying today:In a small study done by Catalyst Group, 1 in 3 Google users preferred Bing. They rated it on visual design, organization of features, filtering options, and relevance of results. Bing beat Google on all criteria except for results relevance. Although Bing did well, it was not enough to make most Google users switch. You can see the results of the study here.
In another article Google vs. Bing: Bing Holds Its Own in Search-Off, Edward C. Baig writes,
"Talk about an iron grip on search. To research this column comparing Google's venerable search engine with Microsoft's upstart Bing, I Googled "Bing versus Google." It didn't even occur to me to Bing the search.
In a nutshell, that's Microsoft's problem. The company recently unveiled a fresh and attractive search alternative to Google. It's just darn difficult to change habits, including my own.
Google's is the search box affixed near the top of the Web browsers I use. And way more often than not, Google delivers the thorough search results I'm seeking and does so with expediency: If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
He has a point. I have my Google toolbar at the top of my page and I type everything into it. Maybe Microsoft's problem is that we are creatures of habit and it will take a lot for us to switch to something new when the old has been so good to us.
I think Bing is great. It's visually appealing and brings up my Squidoo pages sooner than Google. Is that enough for me to switch? Probably not. I'll let you make your own decision about it but I do wish Microsoft the best on it's endeavor.
Picture courtesy of Designs by Chris
Bing is all over Google
See what the blogs are saying
- Bing - Bing for mobile comes to the iPhone - Search Blog - Bing ...
- Bing on your mobile phone just keeps getting better. Today we are happy to announce the first official Bing App for iPhone and iPod touch. You can now download the free Bing App from your phone in the App Store, from your computer at ...
- Bing - Top Bing Searches in 2009 - Search Blog - Bing Community
- Cue Music. Awwww, 2009. It was a year of UFO shaped dirigibles , mom jeans on pop stars, real housewives, a new president, and a new decision engine . Oh and there may have been something about Vampires too, we weren't really paying ...
- David Bowie & Bing Crosby wish you a Merry Christmas - BrooklynVegan
- David Bowie & Bing Crosby wish you a Merry Christmas. David Bowie. Check out a collection of David Bowie Christmas videos below... --. David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy (Ultra High Quality) ...
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Tweets about Bing
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- nohitsahni
- Google & Bing paying Twitter for the content: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091220_549879.htm
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- pyth0n1337
- *BING* Ich habe noch eine halbe in meinem Zimmer *FREU*
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- kirchturmuhr
- BING BING (8 PM)
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- dankennedy_nu
- @ckrewson Shocked but not surprised. So it was the reboot that installed Bing, not QuickPull. Google app is still there.
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- WeddingZazzle WeddingZazzle Dec 6, 2009 @ 9:24 am
- Your lenses are very helpful!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Dec 2, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
- Thanks for the angel blessing.
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- JennySui JennySui Nov 10, 2009 @ 8:48 am
- Thanks for writing this lens. It is very helpful. You have provided very good info about BIng.
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- Pukeko Pukeko Oct 28, 2009 @ 4:17 pm
- Interesting lens. Thanks for the info.
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- nightbear nightbear Jun 8, 2009 @ 1:09 am
- Excellent information. You have certainly helped a lot more than just yourself. I also did not know about Bing. Great job.
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