Ask HN: Why Bing (and others) is so behind Google in features? We all see the naturality that Google developed on search while this is missing on Bing and other search engines. Knowing the fact of Microsoft development abilities, money the have and infrastructure (Azure) I'm very surprised how they are so behind in terms of features (search, NLP, context, etc) with Google. Anyone shares same opinion? |
I prefer search engines that are just search engines, and give me a basic list of results that I can judge for myself.
If you’ve ever watched a non tech person use a search engine, you’ll realize why they’re probably doing that. Most people I’ve seen type their question into Google, rather than “search terms”. I imagine this is the norm since the whole concept of a keyword search requires some understanding of how the first search engines worked.
Google advantages over Bing: 1. Map: I some times switch to google map 2. Old Cached data (Before Bing) - thought it breaks, some times it helps weather the data / site is active or not.
Microsoft is an enterprise sales company, who is driven to sell product. They are capable of delivering a world class search product, but it’s not the same priority for them.
I do fine with duckduckgo 99.9% of the time (Google job search is pretty nice). Similarly, when it comes to electric cars, I can't wait for a cheap, stripped down work truck.
There is an anti-Google agenda on HN, possibly rightfully so, but still. Claiming that Bing is better than Google doesn’t magically make it so.