On June 3, 2009 Microsoft released a new search engine to the public, in place of their former Live Search. This new search engine – is Bing.
Bing boasts some new features which it has hoped will push it towards the front of the search engine pack. It incorporates a daily changed background filled with new information, instant answers within its search box, and many webmaster and mobile features.
On first glance of Bing’s homepage I was dissapointed. It’s cluttered with information that isn’t helpful or productive to my daily search needs. In my opinion, when I use a search engine, it’s too find specific information that I’ve already set out to discover. I’m a busy person – and leading me to read superfluous information isn’t beneficial. Google is comforting in its simplicity. I go to Google with a search query in mind – place it in the search box, and I’ve got my answer. All without extra text and photos working as distractions.
Another area where Bing will need improvement is in its search results. Many bloggers (such as Daily Blog Tips) are reporting inconsistent search data and missing listings.
Overall – I will be sticking with Google. It’s simple – and I’ve grown to enjoy the reliablility of the service. I may be biased in that I don’t want to spend extra time on the internet being led to meaningless information – so Bing quite possibily will become substantial for those looking to find entertainment through search engines.
These are just my own personal thoughts – so pick up that mouse, and try Bing for yourself.
Tell us – what do you think of Bing?
Related Posts:
- Grow Your Blog With Google’s Expand & Conquer Marketing Approach
- Google’s New “Knol” System to Defeat Wikipedia and Hurt Advertising Publishers?
- How To Get Tons of Visitors Within the First Month of Publishing a Website
- Getting Your First Visitors
Loading ...
"You’re such a smart boy!" were his first accolades heard. So, it’s no wonder that this phrase became the title of his business, Smart Boy Designs.
Read more about Christian 
{ 14 comments… read them below or add one }
I’ve given Bing a fair chance but switched back to Google after a few days. I really like what Microsoft is trying to do with Bing, though. The vertical search stuff (Travel, Shopping, etc.) is very interesting and I heard Bing does well in those areas. Results for generic search queries just don’t seem as good as Google’s – on the other hand, but they do come close. If there’s anyone who can attempt to compete with Google it must be Microsoft. I guess I’m just too used to Google and its spartan look.
Overall, kudos to Microsoft for delivering a search engine that is good enough to compete with Google. ‘Good enough’ is good enough, Google is just plain hard to beat.
I totally agree with you son and Ace too Nice try Microsoft but no cigar. Missing data is my biggest gripe
Anyway have to get back to business now so see you home for supper.
Papa…
Twitter: smartboydesigns
June 27, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Its “spartan” look is why I enjoy it even further. Simple – and does its job well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I’ve used Bing a few times, but always find myself drawn, or pushed, back to google. Bing does feel very cluttered, especially with the image backgrounds. The backgrounds really put me off; they seem totally unrelated to the site and just distract me from why I’m there.
I suppose though the main reason is it’s run by Microsoft. If it were an independant site I may have given it a longer chance.
I think I’m one of those people who will always use google. When I started using the Internet back in the 90s it was the only search engine I’d heard of.
I agree and surely, bloggers and affiliate marketers will stay clear of Bing and stick to Google or even Yahoo!.
I do think that Bing is good for some things like vacation research and certain entertainment searches but I’ll tick to Google for the most part as well.
Although I don’t like how Google is auctioning off brand names and such to other companies as keywords for AdWords.
You know what a computer person I am (not) but I totally agree you that Bing is not a simple looking search page – I may not know much, but I know what I like – it’s Google all the way for me!
Google is great and all, but a little competition is healthy. It pushes all the major search engines to improve. Personally I am rooting for msn/bing as Google has been too dominant for too long.
I tried Bing out and I really didn’t like it. The results felt cluttered and there was information missing. I don’t like the backgrounds either; what do they have to do with anything?!
Google is reliable, consistent, and simple. The results are easy to read without being cluttered w/ images…if I want images, I will search in Google Images!
Bing still has a ways to go before it’s even comparable to Google.
I've given Bing a fair chance but switched back to Google after a few days. I really like what Microsoft is trying to do with Bing, though. The vertical search stuff (Travel, Shopping, etc.) is very interesting and I heard Bing does well in those areas. Results for generic search queries just don't seem as good as Google's – on the other hand, but they do come close. If there's anyone who can attempt to compete with Google it must be Microsoft. I guess I'm just too used to Google and its spartan look.
Overall, kudos to Microsoft for delivering a search engine that is good enough to compete with Google. 'Good enough' is good enough, Google is just plain hard to beat.
I actually like Bing more, believe it or not. I've found results are easier to find, quite contrary to everyone else's experiences. I very much like that daily changed background because its something Google never really did (besides the general changes to the title) But w/e. Searching is searching.
Actually… Despite of the Bing having less search results I, as webmaster, like it more in some aspects than gigantic Google
)!
Because – if you submit some pages to Bing, then they get indexed very fast – can’t say that about Google but…
The most irritating situation is when you change-optimize your pages and they don’t get indexed by Google over weeks (don’t tell about old pages which aren’t anymore in your web at all – means false search results by Google
So – Googles CACHE is somewhat evil… What SEO you can talk about then?
But Google is and stays as leader – because of users of course…
Oops… forgot – one nice point by Bing is also possibility to get numbering (#) of results
Twitter: smartboydesigns
April 26, 2011 at 8:37 am
Interesting thoughts here Andreta. I can see where your thoughts are very applicable. Google certainly has a difficult time “re-indexing” pages once they’re updated. I’ve seemed to find a way around that by “pushing” my new updated pages into Google by Tweeting, blogging and updating the community regarding a new change. It’s a great way to tell Google to listen!
I have to say, I like bing maps better than google maps. But otherwise I’m google all the way.
Jason recently posted..Great fire lieutenant interview question