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Old 04-10-2012, 11:43   #1
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Google or Bing
Which is best?
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Old 04-10-2012, 11:44   #2
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Google.

Google dominates most of the search market and I just find their results far better and I think Google has a far better layout than Bing...
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Old 04-10-2012, 11:48   #3
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Bing? What's that? Is it a search engine? The answer is Google...but there are lots of others as well. Why do you ask? Is it just for general searching or did you have something specific in mind?
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:21   #4
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Bing? What's that? Is it a search engine? The answer is Google...but there are lots of others as well. Why do you ask? Is it just for general searching or did you have something specific in mind?
I'm considering moving from IE to Chrome and obviously in IE the default search in Bing and I wondered if I move to Chrome if sticking with it's standard Google Search will offer better results than Bing
(Yes I know I can use Bing in Chrome aswell if I want to)
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Old 04-10-2012, 12:37   #5
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google for search.

but Bing Maps is much better than google now.
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Old 04-10-2012, 14:13   #6
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google for search.

but Bing Maps is much better than google now.
I disagree, Google maps is far more accurate.
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Old 04-10-2012, 14:25   #7
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I disagree, Google maps is far more accurate.
par example?

the routing is better. the interface is excellent. it's much more functional. for example if you want to print out directions.
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:10   #8
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google for search.

but Bing Maps is much better than google now.
I agree - especially the "Birds Eye" and OS map views
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Old 04-10-2012, 16:11   #9
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Bing is good for searching for videos. And yes.
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Old 04-10-2012, 17:32   #10
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par example?

the routing is better. the interface is excellent. it's much more functional. for example if you want to print out directions.
Don't think I've printed out directions since I got a smartphone....
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:30   #11
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Whats bing?..... Never mind I just Googled it
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Old 04-10-2012, 18:36   #12
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Don't think I've printed out directions since I got a smartphone....
Yeah yeah.

Some relatives came recently. I had to print them directions to go somewhere. At it's best Google maps always gets the last bit by my house wrong. It also did this http://nigelcoldwell.co.uk/test/googlemap.png and I couldn't really print them out.

So I tried bing maps, the interface was great, the routing too. I didn't realise how shit Google maps had gotten.
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:23   #13
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Yeah yeah.

Some relatives came recently. I had to print them directions to go somewhere. At it's best Google maps always gets the last bit by my house wrong. It also did this http://nigelcoldwell.co.uk/test/googlemap.png and I couldn't really print them out.

So I tried bing maps, the interface was great, the routing too. I didn't realise how shit Google maps had gotten.
But Google is far better with routing for me personally, has an decent Android app, has decent satellite imagery (including Street View) and is better at finding local restraunts etc...
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Old 04-10-2012, 21:43   #14
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But Google is far better with routing for me personally, has an decent Android app, has decent satellite imagery (including Street View) and is better at finding local restraunts etc...
Bing routing is fundamentally better than Google's. Better satellite imagery. And street view.

I don't understand your comparisons.
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Old 05-10-2012, 04:21   #15
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Ebeneezer Goode

You can have Google as the Default search engine in IE, I do. Just go to 'Manage Search Providers' and make what you like the Default or indeed add other search engines.

You can also do exactly the same thing in the Chrome Web Browser, that also has a Search Engine Manager that can set the Default one.

I find Google is best in general, though for some things I use others, Bing is amongst those.
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Old 05-10-2012, 07:15   #16
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http://duckduckgo.com/

I used to use bing, but then found duck duck go. i tend to avoid Google search if I can,
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Old 05-10-2012, 08:06   #17
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For me, it's Google.
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Old 05-10-2012, 08:44   #18
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http://duckduckgo.com/

I used to use bing, but then found duck duck go. i tend to avoid Google search if I can,
it's my favourite
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Old 05-10-2012, 10:32   #19
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Google for search, Bing maps and navigation is better.
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Old 05-10-2012, 13:31   #20
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Google for me. Isn't Bing a Microsoft product anyway?
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Old 05-10-2012, 13:34   #21
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Google for me. Isn't Bing a Microsoft product anyway?
Yes, it was Windows Live Search.
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Old 05-10-2012, 23:13   #22
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Yes, it was Windows Live Search.
Exactly. I did try it once though and didn't find it all that good.
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Old 06-10-2012, 08:29   #23
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it's my favourite
The only problem for me was that the US search was default and since i delete my cookies after a session it kept returning to the US default.

I now use a cookie manager to keep that cookie, so all is fine.

i used to use Scroogle now and again until Google did not like it and change their site so Scroogle would nto work.

The thing i like about Duck duck go apart from the fact it searches different search engines is they don't hold your search or pass it onto google.
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Old 06-10-2012, 08:37   #24
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Exactly. I did try it once though and didn't find it all that good.
yes the IT business is known for being slow moving. if you tried windows live search 4 years ago that is sufficient.

apparently Bing has a higher success rate than google.
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Old 06-10-2012, 08:47   #25
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http://duckduckgo.com/

I used to use bing, but then found duck duck go. i tend to avoid Google search if I can,
what is the search ethos for that site? how do they rank results? seems to give some strange results.
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