Comments on: Report on Bing http://tips.vlaurie.com/2009/07/report-on-bing/ News, commentary and tips for safer and easier computing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Vic Laurie http://tips.vlaurie.com/2009/07/report-on-bing/comment-page-1/#comment-5468 Vic Laurie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:07:33 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/?p=4003#comment-5468 Joel, thanks for letting us know your experience with Bing. Joel, thanks for letting us know your experience with Bing.

]]> By: Joel May http://tips.vlaurie.com/2009/07/report-on-bing/comment-page-1/#comment-5467 Joel May Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:49:02 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/?p=4003#comment-5467 I've been using http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=, a site that searches on Bing, Google and Yahoo simultaneously and allows you to compare the results (you don't know which engine you've chosen until after you make the choice. I haven't kept a strict tally of my choices, but my sense is that I've chosen the Google results most frequently, Bing next and Yahoo in third place. I like the information Bing provides when you search for a medium to large size city (map, hotels, restaurants, etc.) and I like the way the health information is presented. Perhaps because of habit, though, I'm probably going to stick with Google - it certainly is not a worse engine than Bing. I’ve been using http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=, a site that searches on Bing, Google and Yahoo simultaneously and allows you to compare the results (you don’t know which engine you’ve chosen until after you make the choice.

I haven’t kept a strict tally of my choices, but my sense is that I’ve chosen the Google results most frequently, Bing next and Yahoo in third place.

I like the information Bing provides when you search for a medium to large size city (map, hotels, restaurants, etc.) and I like the way the health information is presented. Perhaps because of habit, though, I’m probably going to stick with Google – it certainly is not a worse engine than Bing.

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