Blind Search Engine Comparison tool...Google was dead last for me

[FrostyBoy]

With every post, I increasingly believe you actually do live under a rock.

[MikeH]

The blue and orange "b" looks ugly too.

The part which is actually contained in the picture is fine (i.e. search field + explore menu).

It's the way the things AROUND the picture look relative to it which is bad.

Google has all the functional stuff simple black text on white background, easy to read, clean. Bing has everything on a picture background which makes it feel cluttered and annoying.

It is effective as a search engine though, for sure.

[duke o' york]

This thread has sucked since post #77.

There's some message on the comparison site about a 'douche' fixing it, so the comparisons are no longer relevant. Which is a shame, because it sounded like an interesting project. But it'd be fun if the 'douche' had fixed it so that AskJeeves came top each time. Is there a worse search engine out there?

[Asher]

This thread has sucked since post #77.

There's some message on the comparison site about a 'douche' fixing it, so the comparisons are no longer relevant. Which is a shame, because it sounded like an interesting project. But it'd be fun if the 'douche' had fixed it so that AskJeeves came top each time. Is there a worse search engine out there?

The comparisons are relevant. He used to have statistics on the site (showing which of the 3 search engines got the most votes), but it was being "gamed" that slanted the statistics overnight so he pulled it til he can prevent such hacks.

[duke o' york]

Aha, thanks.

Now get back fighting with Wiggy for the amusement of all.

[Dis]

can anyone help me? search engines can't seem to do it. And this seems like a good thread to ask.

I used to know this, and it bothers me I can't remember. Why do pressurized cans with gas in them ice up when discharged? I'm mainly talking about Co2 cans and those air cans you use to blow out your computer etc. I can't remember why . Something to do with the high pressure gas quickly going to low pressure or something causing the gas to get extremely cold which freezes the moisture in the air. Is this correct?

[onodera]

Yes, it more or less is.

[Asher]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06142009/business/fear_grips_google_174235.htm

FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE
SOURCES: SERGEY ORDERS BING STUDY

You'd think nothing would get under the skin of search giant Google.

But co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service, The Post has learned.

MICROSOFT'S 'DECISION ENGINE' DECIDEDLY RACY WITH VIDEOS

Brin, according to sources inside the tech behemoth, is himself leading the team of search-engine specialists in an effort to determine how Bing's crucial search algorithm differs from that used by the company he founded in 1998 with Stanford University classmate Larry Page.

"New search engines have come and gone in the past 10 years, but Bing seems to be of particular interest to Sergey," said one insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The move by Brin is unusual, as it is rare these days for the Google founders to have such hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations at the company, the source added.

A spokesman for Google declined to comment about Brin's interest in Bing but said: "We always have a team working on improving search." He added: "We dedicate more time and energy to search than anything else in our company. Our algorithm is constantly evolving."

Microsoft launched Bing two weeks ago with a massive marketing budget that sources say ranged between $80 million and $100 million.

The software company has struggled to survive in the Internet-search business, with its former MSN search engine managing to grab only 8 percent of the lucrative search market share -- far behind Google's 60 percent and Yahoo!'s 20 percent share.

In fact, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in an effort to close the gap on Google, last year made an offer to buy Yahoo! That offer was rejected. More recently, pre-Bing, there had been talk of Microsoft being interested in some sort of deal or partnership with Yahoo! search.

Those efforts have cooled.

Bing has been warmly greeted by analysts, critics and users alike who seem to largely welcome Microsoft's new approach to the everyday business of searching the Internet. Early statistics show Bing increasing Microsoft's market share by two percentage points, to about 11 percent -- but that the gains largely didn't come from Google or Yahoo!

Microsoft prefers not to use the term "search engine," however, choosing instead to describe Bing as a "decision engine."

While Bing is presented differently from Google -- with a colorful home page and easy-to-navigate search categories compared with Google's stark white page and search box -- there is little difference between the two when it comes to searching for simple terms.

A spokeswoman for Microsoft said, however, that Bing is currently focused on improving search results in four main categories: shopping, travel, health and local searches.

Scott Kessler, senior equity research analyst at Standard & Poor's, and a Google specialist, said that Bing has a lot going for it but he does not expect it to knock Google from its No. 1 perch.

"In a recent survey we found that the predominant features that dictate how people search the Internet are ease of use and force of habit. Google has been so dominant for so long that it will be tough for anyone to take significant market share away from them."

[Japher]

I'd be much happier with Bing if it were called Boink.

I'd much rather Boink something than Bing it... if you know what I mean.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'd rather chandler it.

Chandler bing- Sing!

[Dis]

I always think of friends when I hear Bing. They should have thought of another name.

[Asher]

Maybe they thought people who watched too much Friends are not worth having as users.

[Hueij]

The logo sucks. Here you have this multi billion dollar company and they give $25 to Bill Gates' 12 year nephew to come up with this?

[Wiglaf]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06142009...gle_174235.htm

You ******. This is what a $100 million ad campaign buys you, planted articles, salivating douche bags and gay Hulu telethons. Let's face facts: Bing is gay and has no new features except a PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE. Because if there's one thing Microsoft needed to bring Google down, it's a PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE. I'm sure Sergay is putting a team of crack experts in charge of discovering how he too can have A PICTURE ON HIS FRONT PAGE.