Microsoft beats google in facebookdeal

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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.

@ bolded, I am 100% guilty of this.

 

Also, the rest of this post makes me realize that I too should be using multiple search engines because there are times when I'm pretty disappointed with the results. Hey would you mind giving me some more details on when you use who and why. I mean you don't have to reveal anything uncomfortable (like who to use to find out how to best jerk-off a dog) and you can send me a PM if you'd like. Your post just made me realize how much of a noob I've been for so long, thanks.