Jun 03 2009
Google, Bing, and Bias
I’ve just started skeptically using Bing. The first thing I searched for was “xPollinate”, my Live Writer plugin. I guess I can safely say, “Bing!”.
On Google, the first result was for a PHP data conversion project, hosted on a GeoCities web page (apparently not updated since 2004):
On Bing, the first result was my plugin’s CodePlex site. The PHP GeoCities site wasn’t even in the top 10.
Is this a case of bias? Is Google ranking sites about PHP higher than sites about Windows-based technology? Is Bing ranking Windows-based content higher? Or is this just a result of algorithms?
In any case, this is the first time I’ve preferred the results of a search engine other than Google.
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September 1st, 2009 at 11:36 pm
i have been evaluating the search results of Microsoft Bing compared to Google and they are comparable. Bing gives almost the same relevant search results just like Google.
September 11th, 2009 at 5:17 am
Bing search engine gives almost the same search results as Google. Looks like Google will now have a tough competition when it comes to search engine technology.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:07 am
Bing does give search results much like Google but i would have to say that Google still gives more relevant search results
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 am
i have been using the BING search engine for a couple of weeks. it seems to be as good as Google but for some reason i would still want to stick with Google search engine –