disolitude on 16 January 2013
| Dodece said: Speaking honestly both Bing and Google aren't particularly impressive, and neither is better then the other. They are fairly generic as far as their capabilities are concerned. You will almost always get the same results from both, and it is always in the blink of an eye. Which is how Google became so popular to begin with. It wasn't something bizarre it just used to get the results to you faster then older search engines. Which isn't the problem anymore. Most search engines are damned near instant. Google isn't preferred, because it is superior. It just became a habit. As someone who tries to get the most out of search engines, because I often end up searching for pretty obscure things. I have found that Yahoo is actually the best. The home site has a lot more services, and the search engine has more advanced options. For fine tuning searches. That isn't to say that it is the only search engine I use. I will change between Bing, Google, and Yahoo to get different results, but I will also hit Lycos or Ask if the going gets tough. Now those engines are more old school. They don't want to give you the most popular results. They look for whatever is actually the best match. Sometimes that is good, and sometimes it takes you someplace scarey. Anyway it all seems like a pointless argument. How the hell could anyone become dependent on these engines. When they are likely ninety nine percent the same. As far as most users are concerned. |
Great post. I just wanted to point out that Yahoo and Bing do use the same search algorithms and are both powered by Bing. Other than advertising which tends to be more prominent on Yahoo, I have found that both usually produce identical results. Yahoo as a portal though tends to be easier on the eyes...
I myself have started using duckduckgo lately and am quite impressed. I work in online advertising and use Google Adwords all the time and know how much data mining Google (and Bing) collect on a user... So I really appreciate the no tracking policy. Searches are also very good.
