Bing executive: 'We have caught up' to Google in search quality(latimesblogs.latimes.com) |
Bing executive: 'We have caught up' to Google in search quality(latimesblogs.latimes.com) |
This happened frequently when I tried using Bing exclusively.
Interestingly, on the one that eventually got the home page indexed by bing, the bulk of the content is still not linked from the main page, but can be fully crawled via deeper links people have posted elsewhere. Google crawled it via those links, Bing still only sees the front page.
I like it, in the same way as the Domino's ads that admit their pizza used to suck.
After Domino's said they did better and after a taste-test I discovered it was still worse than Papa John's, I mock the Domino's commercials and will never visit a Domino's again. Same with Bing.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=(5+MBps)*(2+hours)
And that's why I use google
http://www.google.com/search?q=999999999999999-9999999999999...
And that's why I use bing
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=999999999999999-9999999...
This is the problem with Bing, not anything technical. Why start a business built around a service that you don't think anyone wants? A product which beats the market leader in one or several clearly defined niches has a chance in the long run, but no one wanted Bing except Microsoft. It was and is a product looking for a market. It would take catastrophic failure at Google for Bing to split the market.
I am not rooting for one team or the other, nor am I against diversity in the market. I just think the quote above reveals something about the product development process at Microsoft that I'd be wary of if I were an employee or investor.
So I wouldn't say it's hopeless for Bing at all. There are so many ways that search could be different from Google's current results...
No, it is just one of those things that isn't the case until other people tell you it is.
I wonder if she'll consider making the switch.
There's a need for a better search engine or a google management shake-up.
Bing needs to work on their marketing...
One thing that has made it easier for them is the decrease of Google's search quality.
Isn't this comparing apples to oranges, metaphorically speaking?