Comments on: Google Scrambling After Launch of "Decision Engine"

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:32:25 +0000

Quoted: “Bing’s “decision engine” does provide better search results than Google when it comes to its ability to help searchers narrow down what they are actually looking for”

No, it really doesn’t. I tried Bing for a week on some different research tasks for school and work. I preferred Googles results every time.

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[...] is so synonymous with “search,” and the company “has the development talent and resources to almost instantly mimic any innovations that do gain traction,” that the company is well positioned to respond no matter what [...]

By: Justin Goldberg

Justin Goldberg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:16:07 +0000

I checked out the example “cell phone” search, and I’ve gotta say, all those suggestions seem to be a clone of google suggest or the suggestions at the bottom of google search.

By: Scott Germaise

Scott Germaise — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:52:50 +0000

Couple o’ things…

* I’m kind of liking Bing. I try to mix it up a bit with search anyway, but I find Bing is doing a reasonable job.

* Just for fun, I thought I’d do a little domain trolling. I was thinking about how even though I try to mix it up a bit with search, I still really like my iGoogle page. It’s like my browser-based iPhone with all my useful and some silly gadgets.

Soooo…. I typed in ibing.com. It goes to YAHOO!

Just funny.

Scott

By: Justin Goldberg

Justin Goldberg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:24:11 +0000

Is bing an ad engine? Sometimes people want information and not a sale.

If you want to type ‘cell phone’ and see all the data out there well organized, wolfram alpha is supposed to solve this.

By: Justin Goldberg

Justin Goldberg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:20:16 +0000

I typed http://www.google.com/search into the address bar to find my real searches for comparison, and not some artificial ones. Of course the google links were off-color, so I cleared my history. A better place for non-artificial searches would be http://www.google.com/history

By: Justin Goldberg

Justin Goldberg — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:11:13 +0000

Google needs to create their first tv commercial. But the way they operate seems to be working.

By: TIm B. Wolfe

TIm B. Wolfe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:56:47 +0000

I don’t think that Google.com has anything to worry about – they are superior to all the regular text search engines and have the weight of their books, news and product searches, too.

Btw, a funny site I just found on Google (actually) is http://www.zanomo.com – mostly for playing practical jokes but alright i guess.

Remember when Northerlight was the best search engine? Probably not a lotta people remember that.

By: thegeniusflies

thegeniusflies — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:49:04 +0000

Microsoft has shown so many examples of bad-faith business pactices in the past. Why trust them now? Your searches provide valuable data to MS.

By: crldrummer

crldrummer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:49:48 +0000

Bing seems to offer a much better experience. You can watch previews of videos, find sublinks within search results (which is often what you are looking for), retrieve a preview of the site, as well as get cash back for purchases that you make when searching on Bing.com. As a former Google user, I have moved to Bing. Now I can find what I’m looking for without having to go to every page in the search results first.

By: Did a wake up call ring at Google? |

Did a wake up call ring at Google? | — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:19:52 +0000

[...] Love him or hate him, you’ve got to repect Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer as a worthy and formidable competitor. When he’s decided to do battle for a business, he typically fights to the death. He’s set his sights on search and the lucrative ad business that Google built, and Google’s finally heard the wake up call in the release of Microsoft’s Bing. Why? Many in the tech media think that Bing may have what it takes to win a few battles. Even if Google management and most of its users do not agree, perception is reality in the marketplace. The perception for many is that Bing is a serious threat to Google’s dominance. The biggest threat to Google is a change in the behavior of the public; people will expect the search engine to do some of the work for them and to anticipate their needs. Bing’s “decision engine” does provide better search results than Google when it comes to its ability to help searchers narrow down what they are actually looking for. Search for “cell phone” on Bing, and it spits out a list on the left-hand side of deeper results related to cell phones: Shopping; Brands; Buying Guide; Providers; Plans; Accessories; etc. This makes it easy for searchers to find exactly what they are looking for in fewer clicks. The same search on Google leaves users to find their own way — not quite “search overload” as Bing’s ads suggest, but nonetheless Bing provides a stronger search experience for the user. (GigaOM) [...]

By: Jonathan Wong

Jonathan Wong — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:33:31 +0000

@Freelock

“But so far they haven’t been abusive about their position of dominance, unlike some other players in the industry…”

Except how Google deliberately lowers your page rank if you are a startup and go into a commercial discussion with them and they don’t like the terms they are getting.

Or abruptly cancels your AdSense account with no reason given and as a small publisher you can’t do a thing about it.

Google is no saint, just like any other tech behemoth out to make as much profit as possible for their shareholders.

By: everybody

everybody — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:02:52 +0000

You, sir, are really good at spreading hoax! Bing isn’t something Google needs to be afraid of! Bing is absolutely nothing compared to Google’s search engine…I have tried bing, was unsatisfied and then deleted any traces of Bing from my bookmarks bar :)

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By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:19:04 +0000

I think Google has a strong position in search and wont be easily moved. Google is smart if they are taking note of bing, that’s how you hold a position as a leader.

They should know, its how they took the lead in search to begin with and email and online marketing. All of these area’s were once lead by other companies and now Google leads them because they did it better!

As far as all of the talk about bing, Ive used it and I think people just want there to be an alternative to google so bad that they talk up any new thing in the search space.

Seems that the cuil search engine was going to kill google a year or so ago, lol cant even remember. And lets not forget the Microsoft Live Search, which lays beneath Bing, was supposed to be Microsofts big comeback in the search space a few years ago.

It will take more than talk. It will take do.

By: Raghu

Raghu — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:39:51 +0000

Interesting. I heard the same thing from couple of my friends last week….and so I have been testing out Bing.

I see results better and more organized especially for travel, shopping and image related stuff from Bing. Finally, I see MSFT coming up with something reasonably good in search quality compared to google instead of just doing some stupid Live or Seinfeld type marketing gimmicks! This is what they need….to keep innovating, listening to users and continuing the cycle of improvements, where I agree with the earlier alta vista comment.

Focus on the user / customer experience for your product, and let the results speak for themselves. Hopefully Qi Lu and team read / realise this.
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!