Comments on: Why I Use Bing

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:07:32 +0000

I had similar thoughts to Toby. Microsoft doesn’t make too much money too? Microsoft doesn’t drift outside it’s specialty? Google doesn’t make to much money because there has been little alternative for too long. They make too much money because they have simply been better then the competition for too long. They understood search early on, and mastered it. It was Microsoft that achieved their fortune because there was no alternative, and once they dominated that market, they leveraged that domination to crush anyone who tried to compete.

There are probably other search engines I would recommend you look into if that is your criteria. All you really need, is just 1 good page of search results. You are probably like most and if you don’t find what your looking for on page 1, you change your search string instead of venturing on to page 2.

Also, Google “virginia beach tax preparation” and look at the 7th sponsored listing. It’s bing.com/local

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:57:30 +0000

Interesting basis for deciding to switch search engines, and I respect your philosophy of being conscientious about where you place your patronage. It surprises me, however, that you chose Microsoft as your antithesis to Google, however, since one of your main points was that Google seemed to be drifting outside of its traditional specialty. It seems to me that Microsoft is doing exactly the same thing; not only with it’s escalating presence in the realm of search, but also products like SilverLight, which take on particular irony considering IE’s lethargy in moving towards complying with HTML 5 standards. You are right that Google does have a knack for drawing headlines with some of its forays into the green economy; but I’m not sure these endeavors are any more serious than projecting corporate image and building socially conscious capital. Perhaps I’m completely naive as to their true intentions, but from my observations the last thing any major corporation wants is for people to stop talking about them!

Personally I have continued supporting Google, because it seems to be the backbone of a decade of innovation which has helped keep traditionally structured companies like Microsoft in check. We are at a very exciting time for traditional business models to be re-evaluated, a time when the next killer piece of software could be a $1.99 app made with a free SDK and driving profits through micro-payments!

Anyway, I’m sure we can all agree that competition between two such giants is healthy for everyone. As Microsoft, Google and Apple duke it out I think I’ll run a quick search on Cuil and see if it has found my site yet.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:06:06 +0000

I have long thought that the stats propelling the big G to charge what they do for ads is overinflated and inefficient; on any given day where the trending search is Miley Cyrus’ new hairdo, is the ’search tool’ really the best choice for clients as a viable advertising arena, and by competing in a biased arena, are our bids against each other accurate.

The one thing that has me hooked into the big G is the analytics suite – no matter if the traffic comes from Bing – I still go to Google to track it – so in that way they tie themselves into so much market share – and using the suite of tools always prompts more searching…