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Thread ID: 125260 2012-06-17 08:53:00 Bing really need to improve Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1282238 2012-06-17 08:53:00 Lately I have been trying Bing again.

But it is very slow to load up in NZ, Google is just about instant.

And Bing really need to improve their general search results.

Eg I typed in "Australian Job losses" and the top three listings were 3 years old - totally useless.

On Google the top 3 listings were very recent and of course there is the option to choose last day or week or month.

I was hoping to use Bing more, but due to that fact I cannot.
Digby (677)
1282239 2012-06-17 09:37:00 A perfect example for the need of a "Meh" button.

Roscoes threads could have them assigned by default.
Metla (12)
1282240 2012-06-17 09:58:00 I dunno, I've been using Bing a lot on my phone and while it isn't as good as Google it works for me... pcuser42 (130)
1282241 2012-06-17 11:42:00 Try:

http://duckduckgo.com/
zqwerty (97)
1282242 2012-06-17 21:29:00 I've compared a few searches, not bad really.
And it came in really handy that day Google went down.
pctek (84)
1282243 2012-06-17 22:01:00 You don't like google?
I used to use a lot of different search engines but over the years it's just ended up being google for everything. As long as it does the job I feel no need to change.
Bing can do whatever it likes, until I start hearing from review sites etc that it's better than google I won't even bother trying it.

I don't quite get the "Hoping to use Bing more" bit, is there some reason to prefer it?
dugimodo (138)
1282244 2012-06-17 22:07:00 i use the US index which is at www.bing.com nmercer (3899)
1282245 2012-06-18 07:01:00 I don't quite get the "Hoping to use Bing more" bit, is there some reason to prefer it?

Two reasons
One I don't like monopolies
Two Google seem to be aiming more at paid for searches eg Google Shopping

But after using Bing for 2 weeks I think they have a LONG way to go before I would consider swapping.
Digby (677)
1282246 2012-06-18 07:35:00 it came in really handy that day Google went down.

When was this?
Chilling_Silence (9)
1282247 2012-06-18 07:49:00 Nothing wrong with Bing - for what it is. About as much use as a coal-fired toothbrush. R2x1 (4628)
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