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  • C Corporal Agarn

    They had something like this before in the lounge.

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    Lost User
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    by me.

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    • D dan sh

      Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

      "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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      Lost User
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      Apparently, it works only for users from the US and Canada. For others, it just redirects to the bing home page. I tried it already and Google won 5/5.

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      • D dan sh

        Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

        "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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        loctrice
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        Quote:

        a study using a representative online sample of nearly 1000 people, ages 18 and older from across the US. The participants were chosen from a random survey panel and were required to have used a major search engine in the past month.

        Well, at least they were very thorough.

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        – with all branding removed from both search engines. The test did not include ads or content in other parts of the page such as Bing’s Snapshot and Social Search panes and Google’s Knowledge Graph

        It doesn't matter how good your product is, it's not very useful to compare it without the UX. Study details[^]

        If it moves, compile it

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        • D dan sh

          Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

          "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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          Keith Barrow
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          Not the link, obviously, that just leads to bing. The redirect url www.bingiton.com is registered to MarkMonitor[^] which specialises in brand protection. I could understand what they are doing as part of a marketing exercise, but not as brand protection. If MS have not engaged them it is a bit poacher-turned-gamekeeper, if MS did then it's an odd move.

          Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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          A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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          • K Keith Barrow

            Not the link, obviously, that just leads to bing. The redirect url www.bingiton.com is registered to MarkMonitor[^] which specialises in brand protection. I could understand what they are doing as part of a marketing exercise, but not as brand protection. If MS have not engaged them it is a bit poacher-turned-gamekeeper, if MS did then it's an odd move.

            Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
            -Or-
            A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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            Lost User
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            It works only for users from US and Canada. For others, it just redirects to bing.com

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            • L loctrice

              Quote:

              a study using a representative online sample of nearly 1000 people, ages 18 and older from across the US. The participants were chosen from a random survey panel and were required to have used a major search engine in the past month.

              Well, at least they were very thorough.

              Quote:

              – with all branding removed from both search engines. The test did not include ads or content in other parts of the page such as Bing’s Snapshot and Social Search panes and Google’s Knowledge Graph

              It doesn't matter how good your product is, it's not very useful to compare it without the UX. Study details[^]

              If it moves, compile it

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              Pete Schultz
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              It doesn't matter how good your product is, it's not very useful to compare it without the UX.

              This was my problem with the test as well. I was getting good results in both windows, but when I've used Bing in the past, the UX put me off.

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              • L Lost User

                It works only for users from US and Canada. For others, it just redirects to bing.com

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                Keith Barrow
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                Oh, that makes more sense then. Perhaps the OP should have posted when more users from the US are active. I've had a look through a US proxy, it still looks more like a marketing exercise than brand protection.

                Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                -Or-
                A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                • D dan sh

                  Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

                  "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                  Chris Maunder
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                  Bing will never, ever, ever have a chance until they change their name. "Have you Googled it?" is nonsensical but inoffensive. "Have you Bing'd it?" makes me want to conjugate the "Bing" to "Bang", and always conjures up visions of Chandler Bing from Friends. It's just an awkward and trite name.

                  cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                  • D dan sh

                    Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

                    "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                    Chris C B
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                    Yeah, well, I gave up using Google when I once looked up Glomerulonephritis, which my wife told me one her friends had. The first five results were for folks, including Amazon, recommending that I buy Glomerulonephritis from them. :wtf:

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                    • K Keith Barrow

                      Oh, that makes more sense then. Perhaps the OP should have posted when more users from the US are active. I've had a look through a US proxy, it still looks more like a marketing exercise than brand protection.

                      Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                      -Or-
                      A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                      dan sh
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                      I posted that around 6 in morning Eastern time. People in US should be getting online now.

                      "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                      • C Chris C B

                        Yeah, well, I gave up using Google when I once looked up Glomerulonephritis, which my wife told me one her friends had. The first five results were for folks, including Amazon, recommending that I buy Glomerulonephritis from them. :wtf:

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                        lewax00
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                        Well where do you think your wife's friend got it from?

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                        • D dan sh

                          Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

                          "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                          lewax00
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                          Tried it before, Google won every time. Same for the friends I've shown it to. They say Bing wins more often, but I haven't seen it once...must be in the wrong demographic? :doh:

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                            Tried it before, Google won every time. Same for the friends I've shown it to. They say Bing wins more often, but I haven't seen it once...must be in the wrong demographic? :doh:

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                            dan sh
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                            May be they show page 1 from bing and page 200 or so from google.

                            "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              Bing will never, ever, ever have a chance until they change their name. "Have you Googled it?" is nonsensical but inoffensive. "Have you Bing'd it?" makes me want to conjugate the "Bing" to "Bang", and always conjures up visions of Chandler Bing from Friends. It's just an awkward and trite name.

                              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                              Pete OHanlon
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                              I suspect use of a Bong when coming up with the name. It's Bing Bong.

                              I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                              CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                Tried it before, Google won every time. Same for the friends I've shown it to. They say Bing wins more often, but I haven't seen it once...must be in the wrong demographic? :doh:

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                                Pete OHanlon
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                                lewax00 wrote:

                                They say Bing wins more often

                                I assume, by they, that you mean Microsoft.

                                I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                                CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                • D dan sh

                                  Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

                                  "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                                  Lost User
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                                  Bing: 3 Google: 1 Tie: 1

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                                  • D dan sh

                                    Or you can just fake that you are in US or Canada. Here[^]. Care to try?

                                    "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                                    Ian Shlasko
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                                    I tried it... I immediately typed in "Serpentooth" (See my signature)... The results on the left showed exactly what I wanted, and the results on the right turned it into "Serpent's Tooth" and gave me a variety of different sorts of crap I couldn't care less about. Three guesses which one was which... No desire to proceed to search #2. Microsoft should really stick to making game consoles, IDEs, and alternately-good-and-bad operating systems. The rest, we can do without.

                                    Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                                    Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                                    • P Pete OHanlon

                                      lewax00 wrote:

                                      They say Bing wins more often

                                      I assume, by they, that you mean Microsoft.

                                      I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
                                      CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                      lewax00
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                                      Yeah, specifically I meant in the ads they were running a while back (maybe they still are, I just haven't seen them recently).

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                                      • C Chris Maunder

                                        Bing will never, ever, ever have a chance until they change their name. "Have you Googled it?" is nonsensical but inoffensive. "Have you Bing'd it?" makes me want to conjugate the "Bing" to "Bang", and always conjures up visions of Chandler Bing from Friends. It's just an awkward and trite name.

                                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                        zenwalker1985
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                                        Lol i am having the same thought too. Bing bing!

                                        My cUr10U5 w0rlD

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