Bing Is Better Than Google & Other Search Tools, In My Humble Opinion

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    ---I have been testing and what Ken has said is correct.Bing does not pull up a lot of unwanted junk when you do a search.
     
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    Been using Bing for years..
     
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    As a corporation, I don't know that I like Microsoft any better than I do Google but, as search engines, Bing just gives me more relevant results.
     
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    I do searches for a living, pretty much every day of the week, and I get better results from Bing than I do from Google. While I like the idea of privacy search engines, I get better (more useful) results from Bing than I do from Startpage or DuckDuckGo.

    That said, last. year the most popular search term on Bing was "Google." I would guess these are people who haven't figured out how to change Edge's default search engine from Bing to Google.
     
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    I use DuckDuckGo because of the privacy. I use the others too, but not as often.
     
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    I mostly use Google. I don't care if "they" are tracking me while I look up trivial crapola. :D I do notice skewed results on political inquiries, however.
     
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    I'm the same way, but will go to Bing when I don't find what I want on DuckDuckGo.
     
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    I like the idea of a privacy search engine, and I thought they'd be useful in that they wouldn't keep prioritizing local links when I'm searching for stuff that has nothing to do with where I live, but I've tried all of the privacy search engines and don't like the results from any of them. Bing does the best, although it does throw in some local stuff.

    For example, in my job, I might be searching for sites to fill a restaurant category for a town in Texas, yet both Google and Bing will return results for restaurants in Millinocket regardless of the search words that I use. I already know where things are here so I don't need a search engine to tell me. Bing gives me the most useful results, although search engines were better before they got fancy.
     
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    I'm sure you've seen the list of results can be somewhat short on a privacy search engine. I have no idea why. It's as though they have a lot fewer web crawlers.

    I don't know if search engines used to be better, or if the amount of crap they have to sift through has grown exponentially. I guess both factors are at play.
     
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    The focus now seems to be on what they want us to find rather than helping us find what we are looking for, and that has to do with politics as well as paying for positions. Bing isn't great, but it gives me better results than Google does.
     
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    My oldest daughter is in a healthcare profession. While I was staying with her, I tried looking for something healthcare related and she said the search engines I use won't give the in depth info that I want. So she went through her office computer. Not sure how that worked as it was years ago.
     
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    Probably, her healthcare employer was a member of a specialized health information database that we'd have to pay to access.
     
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    I use Bing exclusively. I get some kind of points that I can trade for gifts or gift cards. I usually get $5 Walmart gift cards. I'm searching anyway so I 'bout as well get paid for it. Bing also looks for coupons for items that I buy.
     
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    Same here, although I go for the Amazon gift cards.
     
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    I'm using the Edge browser. It seems bound and determined to set my default search engine to Bing. I had to change it back again today. To Google. I think my stubborn streak is kicking in. I don't know what is causing this but it's making me not like Bing for no good reason.

    And Edge likes to make it difficult to figure out how to change it back. I have to look up how to do it every time.
     
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