In an idle lunch-break moment having eating some loaves and fishes (very biblical don't you think, even if it was, in truth, a tin of Mackrel and a couple of bread roles) I decided to investigate bing.
I'd read somewhere that bing was a new type of search engine but couldn't remember exactly what was superiorly-non-google about it. I typed a series of test topics and questions into Google and into bing and was hard pushed to spot a difference. I therefore asked both of them "What is bing?"
Interestingly, Google provided the answer while bing pointed me in the first instance to a great article on 'Chandler Bing' of Friends!
Back in the day I used to use "Alta Vista" but starting Googling not long after it's launch, I'm wondering when I should start binging? advice please
Bing sings, but Walt Disney!
Well I haven't switched. It's the latest Microsoft attempt to tempt people away from searching with Google - effectively a replacement for LiveSearch. If you dig around the techie sites you can find the usual waffle about how bing produces better search results, but to be honest most people would be hard pushed to spot the difference on most searches.
Richard,
Thanks for the info, that makes sense of why I couldn't spot the difference.
Ian
its microsoft's "smart" answer to google - but stick with firefox unless you want microsoft to search your hard drive for 'updates'