Thursday, June 18, 2009

Comparing Bing and Google Search

When I first heard about Bing Search I was curious but skeptical. I always check out the new guys. We had Cuil, Wolframalpha, Hunch just to name a few. I always check them out, give them another look after a week or two and assuming they're still there come back in 6 months to a year hoping they've worked out the bugs.
Cuil dissappointed me right from the beginning. Their text results, title results and image results just didn't match.
You could get a result like this:
I typed in angel confetti
My result was
Title Wedding Invitations
The Image Provided was for a Camera
The description was about printing
Let's do the same search with Google, This is the 1st result

Little Angel Confetti

Decorate your table with adorable Little Angel Confetti - perfect table sprinkles. .One half ounce per package. Little Angel Solid Colors ...
www.partypail.com/little-angel-confetti.html - Cached - Similar -

With Bing here are the 1st 2 results
  • Angel Confetti. Silver Confetti Angels,Gold Confetti Angels,Iridescent Confetti Angels

    • angelconfetti.com
  • Angel Confetti is 7/8" . This heavenly confetti is not just for Christmas. Use Angel Confetti for Christenings, Baptisms and Sunday School Crafts.

    • www.chicoparty.com/​silverangelconfetti.aspx
    • · cached page
    What I find interesting is the both Google and Bing show results that directly correspond to the search query.
    So far Google and Bing both seen to be doing a good job. We'll have to wait and see

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