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Blind test Google vs Bing

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  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    victor2 wrote: »
    Whois lookup:

    Blind test? They can't even rig their own results very convincingly...
    It was always a marketing ploy by Microsoft, the never hid that fact.

    Only thing they are hiding are the stats for the Bing-v-Google results.
    They say is due to customer privacy laws but people in the marketing and tech world think its that Google's doing a lot better than Bing and Microsoft don't want to acknowledge that. ^_^
    Laters

    Sol

    "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    S0litaire wrote: »
    Trouble is that the site is probably rigged by Microsoft to be "Pro-Bing".

    What do you mean probably?

    I think the copyright symbol 2013 Microsoft statment on the Bing It On website is a pretty big clue.

    Anyway, Google won 3-1 with one tie for me.
  • Biffer
    Biffer Posts: 172 Forumite
    I did some more digging and I think Bing may have messed up their own results here.

    If you do a search dependant on location, the comparison site doesn't take this into account and the Bing results are poor. If you do your own Bing search where location is relevant you get a different, more relevant set of results. The Google results are the same how ever you view them.
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