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There is an anti-Google agenda on HN, possibly rightfully so, but still. Claiming that Bing is better than Google doesn’t magically make it so.
No, I liked Google's results better 10 years ago. They are trying too hard to guess what I am asking for, and sometimes I find it difficult to look for a variety of answers because I get the one "right" answer, posted on a couple dozen pages. Some searches turn up so many of their new widgets that I don't even feel like I get a page of results... just canned questions and answers and widgets. Other searches give me 2…
If you’ve ever watched a non tech person use a search engine, you’ll realize why they’re probably doing that. Most people I’ve seen type their question into Google, rather than “search terms”. I imagine this is the norm since the whole concept of a keyword search requires some understanding of how the first search engines worked.
No, I liked Google's results better 10 years ago. They are trying too hard to guess what I am asking for, and sometimes I find it difficult to look for a variety of answers because I get the one "right" answer, posted on a couple dozen pages. Some searches turn up so many of their new widgets that I don't even feel like I get a page of results... just canned questions and answers and widgets. Other searches give me 2…
> They are trying too hard to guess what I am asking for, If you’ve ever watched a non tech person use a search engine, you’ll realize why they’re probably doing that. Most people I’ve seen type their question into Google, rather than “search terms”. I imagine this is the norm since the whole concept of a keyword search requires some understanding of how the first search engines worked.
I do fine with duckduckgo 99.9% of the time (Google job search is pretty nice). Similarly, when it comes to electric cars, I can't wait for a cheap, stripped down work truck.
Google advantages over Bing: 1. Map: I some times switch to google map 2. Old Cached data (Before Bing) - thought it breaks, some times it helps weather the data / site is active or not.