I just released a new version of xPollinate, 1.0.0.3.

This is just a maintenance release to make the plugin work with Windows LiveWriter version 14.0.8089.726.

I am currently working on supporting categories for the next release, so stay tuned.

Tags: Windows Live Writer, xPollinate

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.

Tags: bias, Bing, Google, xPollinate