Comments on: Microsoft Bing: The Decision Engine http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: AblativeAbsolutehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-161052 AblativeAbsolute Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-161052 "Instead of ranking things by popularity..."??? All this is but to say that sponsored links show up first. I saw walmart and target on their site. Putting the most-clicked-links first is why google is great. Bing will go the way of Yahoo if it ever takes off at all with it's sponsored moddel... well, maybe the walmart-small-town-America crowd will like it. "Instead of ranking things by popularity…"??? All this is but to say that sponsored links show up first. I saw walmart and target on their site. Putting the most-clicked-links first is why google is great. Bing will go the way of Yahoo if it ever takes off at all with it's sponsored moddel… well, maybe the walmart-small-town-America crowd will like it.

]]> By: AblativeAbsolutehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-271842 AblativeAbsolute Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-271842 "Instead of ranking things by popularity..."??? All this is but to say that sponsored links show up first. I saw walmart and target on their site. Putting the most-clicked-links first is why google is great. Bing will go the way of Yahoo if it ever takes off at all with it's sponsored moddel... well, maybe the walmart-small-town-America crowd will like it. “Instead of ranking things by popularity…”??? All this is but to say that sponsored links show up first. I saw walmart and target on their site. Putting the most-clicked-links first is why google is great. Bing will go the way of Yahoo if it ever takes off at all with it’s sponsored moddel… well, maybe the walmart-small-town-America crowd will like it.

]]> By: djhaymanhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-160920 djhayman Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-160920 I'm one of these odd people who used Live anyway instead of Google, so I'm used to it. But because I live in Australia, I guess that Microsoft hasn't finished rolling out features to different markets yet, because Bing is almost exactly the same as Live. The only difference I can see is the occasional Related Search on the left, but I spent a while trying out things that I saw on their promo videos and screenshots, and I got nothing but ordinary results. Type in "Paris, France", and you're supposed to get a map, flight details, holiday destinations etc., but I get nothing. Type in "Zune 120", and you're supposed to get links to online shopping, best prices, even a driver download area, but I get nothing. Wonder how long until they roll out all the new awsomeness to the rest of the world? I'm one of these odd people who used Live anyway instead of Google, so I'm used to it. But because I live in Australia, I guess that Microsoft hasn't finished rolling out features to different markets yet, because Bing is almost exactly the same as Live.

The only difference I can see is the occasional Related Search on the left, but I spent a while trying out things that I saw on their promo videos and screenshots, and I got nothing but ordinary results.

Type in "Paris, France", and you're supposed to get a map, flight details, holiday destinations etc., but I get nothing.

Type in "Zune 120", and you're supposed to get links to online shopping, best prices, even a driver download area, but I get nothing.

Wonder how long until they roll out all the new awsomeness to the rest of the world?

]]> By: djhaymanhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-271841 djhayman Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-271841 I'm one of these odd people who used Live anyway instead of Google, so I'm used to it. But because I live in Australia, I guess that Microsoft hasn't finished rolling out features to different markets yet, because Bing is almost exactly the same as Live.The only difference I can see is the occasional Related Search on the left, but I spent a while trying out things that I saw on their promo videos and screenshots, and I got nothing but ordinary results.Type in "Paris, France", and you're supposed to get a map, flight details, holiday destinations etc., but I get nothing.Type in "Zune 120", and you're supposed to get links to online shopping, best prices, even a driver download area, but I get nothing.Wonder how long until they roll out all the new awsomeness to the rest of the world? I’m one of these odd people who used Live anyway instead of Google, so I’m used to it. But because I live in Australia, I guess that Microsoft hasn’t finished rolling out features to different markets yet, because Bing is almost exactly the same as Live.

The only difference I can see is the occasional Related Search on the left, but I spent a while trying out things that I saw on their promo videos and screenshots, and I got nothing but ordinary results.

Type in “Paris, France”, and you’re supposed to get a map, flight details, holiday destinations etc., but I get nothing.

Type in “Zune 120″, and you’re supposed to get links to online shopping, best prices, even a driver download area, but I get nothing.

Wonder how long until they roll out all the new awsomeness to the rest of the world?

]]> By: Rivera Marketinghttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-160861 Rivera Marketing Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-160861 I'm fascinated by how they've transitioned from Live to Bing... So far I like Bing much much better than Live search. It'll take a bit for me to see if I like it better than Google... I'm fascinated by how they've transitioned from Live to Bing… So far I like Bing much much better than Live search. It'll take a bit for me to see if I like it better than Google…

]]> By: Rivera Marketinghttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-271840 Rivera Marketing Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-271840 I'm fascinated by how they've transitioned from Live to Bing... So far I like Bing much much better than Live search. It'll take a bit for me to see if I like it better than Google... I’m fascinated by how they’ve transitioned from Live to Bing… So far I like Bing much much better than Live search. It’ll take a bit for me to see if I like it better than Google…

]]> By: adminhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-160831 admin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-160831 One thing that I really liked about Bing is the related search section that is located on the left of the search results pages. Unfortunately, about half of my search queries didn't return any results in the related section. I guess since the service is fairly new, it has to construct its database of related searches, and the results it returns will improve with time. One thing that I really liked about Bing is the related search section that is located on the left of the search results pages. Unfortunately, about half of my search queries didn't return any results in the related section. I guess since the service is fairly new, it has to construct its database of related searches, and the results it returns will improve with time.

]]> By: adminhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-the-decision-engine/#comment-271839 admin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=13863#comment-271839 One thing that I really liked about Bing is the related search section that is located on the left of the search results pages. Unfortunately, about half of my search queries didn't return any results in the related section. I guess since the service is fairly new, it has to construct its database of related searches, and the results it returns will improve with time. One thing that I really liked about Bing is the related search section that is located on the left of the search results pages. Unfortunately, about half of my search queries didn’t return any results in the related section. I guess since the service is fairly new, it has to construct its database of related searches, and the results it returns will improve with time.

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