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Old September 6, 2012, 10:01:24 AM
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Funny thing, Microsoft for some reason decided to just run this... campaign of sorts. They want you to try out Bing and Google at the same time, using the same search results, and figure out how it is to you.

Here's the link, if you're interested.

Why do I have a feeling that this is going to backfire, hard?

For what's its worth...

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Old September 6, 2012, 12:47:16 PM
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I did it and I got 4 : 1. Google won. For the things I searched it was all really clear. So I am still a solid googler.
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Old September 6, 2012, 12:50:20 PM
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The last one is "states where cannibalism is legal", for future reference.
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Old September 6, 2012, 04:29:14 PM
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There's no picture button and I don't feel like going through a troublesome PrtScrn
Turtwig- Google
Alphonse Elric- Google
Earthbound- Bing
The Earth on fire- Google
SINE, COSINE, TANGENT- Google
So Google won, and I'm disowning Earthbound. (I still love you, Mother~)

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Old September 6, 2012, 04:53:07 PM
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swag - Google
do you even lift? - Google
you only live once - Google
ofwgkta - Google
bing sucks - Google
Google may have won this round, but others picked Bing web search results over Google nearly 2 to 1 in blind comparison tests.

others picked Bing web search results over Google nearly 2 to 1 in blind comparison tests.
I'm pretty sure that's a false statisitic. :I
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Old September 6, 2012, 05:12:23 PM
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swag - Google
do you even lift? - Google
you only live once - Google
ofwgkta - Google
bing sucks - Google
Google may have won this round, but others picked Bing web search results over Google nearly 2 to 1 in blind comparison tests.

others picked Bing web search results over Google nearly 2 to 1 in blind comparison tests.
I'm pretty sure that's a false statisitic. :I
>blind comparison tests
Except for the fact that you can obviously tell what style Google uses as opposed to Bing. Google is always on the right, Bing is always on the left.

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Old September 6, 2012, 05:14:55 PM
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>blind comparison tests
Except for the fact that you can obviously tell what style Google uses as opposed to Bing. Google is always on the right, Bing is always on the left.
Nope. I picked left for swag and it was Google.
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Old September 6, 2012, 07:09:26 PM
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zoroark - Draw
super paper mario - Bing
borderlands mad moxxi tournament - Google
halo 4 release date - Google
data hoarding vs money hoarding - Bing

2:2.

This doesn't seem blind enough, though, especially on that Halo 4 one where it was very clear. (It's also clear that a people hate Microsoft and Google for completely different reasons. Internet Explorer and YouTube are prime targets for each.)


Also, they should keep this up but turn it into a proper site. It actually makes a very nice search aggregator, as you get about 1.4 times as many results on your screen at once using two different engines without looking messy like Dogpile.

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Old September 6, 2012, 07:18:56 PM
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This doesn't seem blind enough, though, especially on that Halo 4 one where it was very clear.
Yeah, I immediately knew from the layout differences which side was which.
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Old September 6, 2012, 07:31:04 PM
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I got 2 wins for each and a draw. The only difference I notice is that Google gives me more links to social networking pages about what I'm searching, like Mouse on Mars's Twitter and Facebook when I look up Mouse on Mars. Also, Bing cheats
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Old September 6, 2012, 08:06:40 PM
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And if you're choosing the result based on layout, you're doing it wrong, just as a note. Because I'm not familiar with the layout, I've noticed that my choices are a bit... Haphazard.

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