Blind test Google vs Bing

Biffer

Anyone tried this yet? http://www.bingiton.com

It's a blind test between Google and Bing. For me, Bing is winning 4 out of 5 times on average.

The problem with Google at the moment is that if you're trying to buy anything new on the market, all they show is news sites and blogs. Even when you specify '+prices', '+best price' when you search.

When they do show retail sites, it's always the same ones that sell dead on the RRP. The problem is that they've dropped all the niche price comparison sites from their index, so you have to go to a dozen different sites to get the best price.

When it comes to shopping online, Google have just stepped back 10 years with their search results. I'm using Bing from now on.

S0litaire

Trouble is that the site is probably rigged by Microsoft to be "Pro-Bing".

JJ_Egan

All i can say is that i find Bing next to useless.
Using the test on a couple of tricky items Google is the winner with 3 wins to Google and two draws .

Doshwaster

Just tried the test. Google won 4-1.

esuhl

Ha ha! Google won every time!

Especially in more complex searches, Bing is absolutely useless in comparison. Try searching for this and see what comes up:

nokia 3330 OR 3410 pinout OR "pin out"

Every single result on Bing seems to have been plucked out a hat of random search results! The only relevant stuff is the image search.

googler

Picked a news event in my area from around 6 hours ago, and some obscure audio-related topics, and I quote;

BING WON 0 ROUNDS:

Google every time for me.

JJ_Egan

googler wrote: »

Picked a news event in my area from around 6 hours ago, and some obscure audio-related topics, and I quote;

BING WON 0 ROUNDS:

Google every time for me.

Googler better name than Bingler .

Oblivion

I cringe every time Windows Update tries to offer me the Bing desktop. I'm not Dreaming of a White Christmas thank you very much!

Google for me every time

victor2

Whois lookup:

Domain Name: bingiton.com

Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com

Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond WA 98052
US

Blind test? They can't even rig their own results very convincingly...

kwikbreaks

Oblivion wrote: »

I cringe every time Windows Update tries to offer me the Bing desktop.

Right click/hide update + no more cringing

If you want to search google for prices use product search. I welcome dropping of shopping comparison sites because I search out info a lot more often than prices.

Oblivion

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Right click/hide update + no more cringing

Well I do that of course, but it doesn't stop the next update for Binging 'Ell from appearing.