Microsoft, in Search of an Edge

The reason why I use Google, is because it is very simple and convenient to use. People usually know what they are looking for, when they use a search engine, perhaps, they know more than me, when I use a search engine. So, the most convenient layout for a search engine, is what people look for. I feel, that Chrome, the web browser, complements the virtues of the Google search engine admirably. I use Chrome, because I feel it is the best for Google.

According to Toolheads logic, if I wanted to do a search on the former presidents Bush I should make sure to include their names or title in the search phrase as there are many more bushes in areas relating to horticulture etc than politics.
I am sorry but I would expect at least some hits on the presidents as well as garden plants. He seems to be confusing quantity with quality.

As to his comment on searching for McDonald I would expect more hits on the fast food business rather than an obscure baseball player. The fast food chain is world wide and may be listed in connection with results relating to the environment, business, nutrition etc whereas most non Americans have no knowledge or interest in baseballl. I would expect the results to reflect this. I had no problem with Bing listing results on small town America but I would have expected some reference in the first 10 pages of results to a major figure of the second world war.

A couple of replies castigate me for not putting his name or rank first, one going some far as to call me unintelligant and the other somehow comparing me to an Apple devotee

I originally did the search without name and rank for a particular reason. This is that I often search using incomplete or partial search terms as sometimes I do not know exactly what I am looking for. The amazing thing about Google is that it often seemed to find what I was looking for. Toolhead thinks it obvious that I should have avoided using a name that is common in every small county in the US. I fail to see why that should be obvious to a non Americans. Even so, this still does not explain why General Richard Montgomery is mentioned rather than General Bernard Montgomery.

i have no particular preference or loyalty for one search engine over another but the above example does not inspire me with confidence in Bing as yet. Descending to the level of some other posts prehaps this is not a problem if you live in America, always know exactly what you are looking for and are looking merely for a replacement for the Yellow Pages.

I am not a techie by any means but Bing is my default search engine after a few searches. Google use to drive me nuts with pages and pages of crap that may or may not be related to my search. I like the way Bing puts thing in categories that make sense. I'm done using Google.

I'm a Google "devotee" myself, but this is great if they've got some legitimate competition now to force themselves to improve. I haven't seen Google have one new feature in forever, they've just been constantly branching out into other things, I'll be glad to see if they get back to their roots.

I decided to try Bing after reading about it online and seeing the commercials on TV. I really liked it. Everything the article says is right on. I'm now almost entirely using Bing for my searching. Switching was easy, I just added the search engine plug-in to my Firefox and set it as default.
Give it a try if you haven't.

Also bren you seem to have left out the part where you put the General's first name in your google search, because I just searched Montgomery on Google and a listing related to him is nowhere on the first page. We have enough Apple fan boys already, please don't be a Google version.

Sorry toolhead, I don't trust the review of anyone who uses IE. Bing is a nice product though. I don't know that I'll switch, but time will tell. As the author said, if I need to "google" something, it makes sense to use Google. Bing as a verb has a decent ring, but google sounds better at this point.

I tested similar searches on both engines and have found Bing to do a better job on travel related searches. Google still has better resuilts and features for news. I intend to keep both as tabs on home IE8 homepage.

I don't see what the big deal is, I've tried it, and it's nice, works well, but it's no Google. The commericals are starting to get a bit annoying however.

I have not had any problems switching between Google and Bing. Bing is very nice. I have been using it more than Google lately.

If Bing load up first it will cause Google to not function correctly, I searched for a site using google and once I picked the site to go, the site would not come up. I triied it the same serch with Bing and everything worked correctly. Another thing, I cannot remove Bing as my default search engine. So much for competition. Someone from Texas

If Bing load up first it will cause Google to not function correctly, I searched for a site using google and once I picked the site to go, the site would not come up. I triied it the same serch with Bing and everything worked correctly. Another thing, I cannot remove Bing as my default search engine. So much for competition. Someone from Texas

I tested Bing the other day and I am impressed with it. It is a nice effort by a company trying to play catchup. The quality of search results and the response time for the queries I used are comparable. Way better than Cuil but it needs more work to match up Google. For instance, it needs to crawl more web pages and with time, who knows?

Long live Bing. Death to Google & Yahoo

LOng live Bing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Death to Yahoo & google