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  • Bing VS Google

    Monday, June 28, 2010


    First things first, I tried my level best not to sound like a n00b in this post :)

    Ok, As almost everyone know, Google is a search Engine and ranks No. 1 in Popularity and In usage
    No.2 comes Facebook, and so on. Bing on the other hand Ranks 21 in popularity and Even In usage.
    Check this out
    http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/bing.com , and

    http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/google.com

    If you see, Bing looks safer and more reliable than google, well it is not fully true

    Search for anything on Bing ( i mean Web search not image/video ) the results will almost the same as the ones in Google, the only difference you will find is in the ads, the way the links are arranged and the way you preview your links :)

    In Bing you dont always need to click on the Link when u search for something, an arrow appears near the link and when you run your mouse on it, a small preview of the result will appear which is good for people who dont know to use tabs and open in new windows :)
    In Google, There is a short description given below each link, this short discretion though just takes the first line of the page ( even if the first line is an ad :)) ) and does not include the full detail of the page.
    Bing Looks Stylish and is exactly like google but with more features, When we make this the Home page we get the bing search bar on the screen with their logo and some nice pic in the background.
    Google Is not much stylish but there are quite more options when it come's to searching for websites. When we make google our Home page then all we see is Google logo in different ways ( some which are found in Doodle4Google ) with a blank white background.
    In Bing you cannot a WOT safe sign after a link as there is no preview allowed.
    Google allows WOT safe sign which is shown after every result.
    Bing has a separate Wikipedia tab, thus u can check out the wiki page in one click.
    Google searches for wikipedia articles and shows it with the results :)
    Bing ( afaik ) does not save your searches to target you with ads,etc
    Google keeps track of what you are searching and when to target you with ads,etc.

    Even though Bing has such Cons, I like Bing.
    The best part in bing i.e where it is better than google is in the image and video search.  There stuff though have some cons here too.

    Bing Image Search:
    Pros
    All results come in a single page, so no need to scroll down and click on a next page button.
    When you click on a pic it automatically opens it in a new tab where you get the image source preview along with the " Related Images " In the left side of the page.
    The image options like size, layout are shown properly and are more user friendly.
    It usually does not contain any adult pics in the search results ( depends on what u are searching for and the pun's included in your search ;) )

    Cons
    Since all results are shown on the same page, suppose you search for something which has more than 100000+ results and u have scrolled way down, If you by any chance either close the tab or refresh the page, you will have to scroll down again from the beginning :(
    Once you have clicked on a Pic you like, it will open in a new tab/window which has the blog/site preview  where you again have to click on a link which will open a new tab/window where your image will be shown.

    Bing Video Search:
     Pros
    When you search for videos on Bing Video you don't need to sit and read the small description below the video link, like you have to do for google as when you just run your mouse over the result Bing will show a small preview of that video which will be of 5 to 6 secs, So no description needed only video preview :)
    When you click on the link of the video the link is showed in a new page with the Video Window showed there with " Other results" just under the Video window.
    All results are grouped as per pages so that you can keep a track on which page you were last.
    More user Friendly than Google Video Search

    Cons
    Very rarely you will find that the whole video preview and all dont show up and when they do, it will be more than 10 mins to preview each video ( of 5 to 6 secs ) :(
    The " High Quality " option usually causes Mozzila Firefox to halt ( not always but when it does, it becomes annoying :@ )



    Bing Maps

    Pros
    Look good.
    User Friendly
    When you type an area name for directions, your path is clearly visible :)
    The time it takes to load is quite faster than google maps

    Cons
    Incase you do not know an area name but know the city name, it wont give you suggestions about the place or if it does, it is not appropriate.

    But still after all this, due to the way Google has more like made itself famous, it pawns all.
    Google Uses its existing services to help other existing services,
    Like ads in google image search, etc.
    Google Android is more Famous than Microsoft Win 7 phones.
    Google Translate has more languages available than Bing Translate
    The best one, Google and Blogspot, If I wanted to do with Microsoft Widows Live Space's then I would have but then the features offered here( on blogspot) are much better!
    So as you see, Even though Bing has its Flaws it is still like a work in progress.

    I did not include Yahoo, AOL or any site mentioned here because Google and Bing are much better

    compared to any of these and They are more easy to use and more popular :)

    Ok, Leave a comment! And please lemme know if there are any typos in this post :)
    Thanks.