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Now I've heard Bing is a lot different in other countries but I'm wondering about if you are living in America why are you using Google over Bing.  I made the switch back in November and I'm glad I have.  Each one has one slight advantage over the other though which I will explain

Google allows you to trace pictures back to the original source

Bing offers better video searches

Besides that I have noticed little difference.  Here is the main difference to me.  The actual word Bing.  it took me forever to get use to typing Bing rather than typing Google.  I just set it up as my homepage and fixed that over time.  21 days creates a habit, 21 days breaks a habit.

Anyways Bing offers rewards so I have actually made a little money off of Bing through searches.  You can cash your points in for different rewards like Xbox Live, Xbox Points, Amazon Gift Cards, or even flowers for someone.  So to me this gives the edge to Bing.  

I actually did the math and you can recieve up to  450 points a month with a silver account.  That comes out to 5400 a year.  That means I could make $50+ a year from searching on bing.  That is a free year of XBL or whatever else you can get for $50+

In fact I want you to take the Bing it On! Challenge because I bet you will not be able to tell the difference between the two.  I know I didn't.  I also like the HD picture each day :)  But that is just an opinion

Bing it on challenge - http://www.bingiton.com/




       

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bing is currently better for piracy so that's a good reason to use it, otherwise google.



Here's my impressions.
Whenever I am using someone's computer, open internet, and do a search in the top right bar, if I don't see what I'm looking for in three pages, I always double check to make sure I'm not using bing, and 9 times out of 10, I was using bing.



bro how much are u being paid lol. anyways i use google becuase it connects all my google accounts with chrome. plus i hate the word bing. a person cant go wrong either way though.



theprof00 said:
Here's my impressions.
Whenever I am using someone's computer, open internet, and do a search in the top right bar, if I don't see what I'm looking for in three pages, I always double check to make sure I'm not using bing, and 9 times out of 10, I was using bing.


I've never had that problem.  I search a lot too.  I max out on points every day easily and i dont have a complaint yet.  Although i would like them to add the trace picture feature.




       

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radiantshadow92 said:
bro how much are u being paid lol.


it is a serious question.  Answer it or dont comment.   




       

Google is more simple. I don't want flashy screens when I just want to enter a word to search. Plus, Bing commercials annoy me and I don't like Microsoft that much.



Because using Bing would be treasonous against Lord Sony.



I use Bing just enough to get the free stuff. For searching titles of math papers it is horrible.



I did bingiton, and got google 5 out of 5 times. so surprising...