I “Googled” “Search Engines” And The First Result Was “Dogpile”

July 8th, 2009, 2:43 PM EDT

But what about Bing?  Is it better than Google?

Posted in Liberaland by Alan

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  1. Dogpile on Alan !!!!!!!!

    Posted by average james
    July 8th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

  2. Well Alan,
    Exploring online life I see…
    To answer your question … No … not by much. Bing is an alternative for a particular, fickle and frustrated, and not so tech-savvy audience niche. Microsoft is just taking a piece of the search pie … because it can. It’s doing so because it and it’s customers have to stay at least somewhat visible on the new and growing mobile browser realm (where the presentation of search results on a small screen really matters). Google will adjust to the competition. Watch what happens to Bing’s percentage of users after the novelty of Bing wears off (say, after a month or two).

    EricG Reply:
    July 9th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    “Watch what happens to Bing’s percentage of users after the novelty of Bing wears off”

    People have been saying that will happen to Twitter for months, and nothing.

    If your talking about tracking trends that’s I do too.

    And I don’t even think this registers yet as part of a Net-Trend activity. It’s the flavor of the week but you never know if it will actually compare the raw standard that Google holds over search results and searching in general.

    I welcome the competition, personally, to the Google situation. They need someone pecking at them, keep them working harder.

    Posted by crackerjack
    July 8th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

  3. well , google has 1,987,965,564,786 Sarah Palin hits and Dogpile has 1,656,765,890,987 Sarah Palin hits, so I’d have to say google for you

    EricG Reply:
    July 9th, 2009 at 3:34 am

    And just before she quit her job the number one search on every single engine was Michael Jackson.

    Posted by Fluffenburger
    July 8th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

  4. Heh, nice one, Alan. Bing is pretty good from what I’ve seen, although I’m still kinda stuck with Google.

    Posted by flap
    July 8th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

  5. I can’t tell the difference.

    Posted by GuidoVanHorn
    July 9th, 2009 at 3:08 am

  6. BING! One million dollars spent by Microsoft to try and out-do the Google Monster …

    Bing!

    I have no idea what is so special about it…

    I know the internet is the internet and all searching tools do is scoop it up for you.

    I think the big deal is that it is more integrated if you’re trying to buy something or book a flight … but i always shock people by … Oh my God! … typing directly into the URL Bar!

    What a concept!

    Posted by EricG
    July 9th, 2009 at 3:32 am

  7. Bing is a shopping decision engine. Good luck finding actual data until after you’ve been pitched a vacation in Orlando.

    I wonder if Bing gets a percentage of sales like associate programs do, making MS a ton of cash while STILL ignoring what the searcher REALLY is looking for.

    Posted by bozo
    July 9th, 2009 at 4:09 am