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How many people use Bing?

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TheBSDGuy

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With Apple's announcement that Bing will be the default browser for iOS, I was curious how many Mac Users are actually using it.

Personally, I haven't been to impressed with it's search results. They seem lacking.
 
I've been using it on all my devices, and I haven't had any problems with it (though occasionally I've headed over to Google for some stuff). I'll quote a post of mine from a thread in the iPhone forum asking a similar type of question.

Agent-P said:
I've found for general searches (such as looking up facts, dates an event took place, unit conversions, TV/movie info, etc.) all the search engines seem to be pretty adequate. They may display the info differently, but it's all the same info. However for more specific searches (such as troubleshooting, etc.) I've found Google to be a more reliable option.
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Bing will be the default engine when using Siri

Google still pays $1 billion to Apple per year to be default search in safari

Anyway, why post this in MBP forum?
 
washburn said:
Bing will be the default engine when using Siri

Google still pays $1 billion to Apple per year to be default search in safari

Anyway, why post this in MBP forum?
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Then Apple must hate deeply Google...

I wonder how they are gonna get rid of Samsung...
 
It's interesting to see why Apple doesn't allow you to change the search engine for Siri. Or maybe I missed that setting.

Well because I care about privacy, I use duckduckgo. Their bang commands are really cool. For insance, I can search stackoverflow if I want directly by doing "!so query". or "!gi dog" to search dog on google images.

But what does this have to do with the Macbook Pro?
 
I tried it again recently when MS started running those "Bing it on" ads. I changed back to Google the same day, after typing something like "23 c in f" and Bing searched for it instead of converting it.
 
Tried it. However I keep going back to google. Even with Microsoft doing the scroogled campaign, I still chose Google on their test site.

Oh well
 
What's Bing? :p

Rhinoevans said:
I use it, Safari better, and hate anything GOOGLE!
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Rhinoevans said:
I use it, Safari better, and hate anything GOOGLE!
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Why the Google hate? Just Curious. As a rule I use Google search and am happy with the results. I don't use Bing, for no particular reason. Creature of habit?

As an experiment I searched the name "macrumors" in Bing 22700 results, in Google 4.4 million results. Hmm. What does this mean actually? Could I interpret the Google search as incredibly comprehensive or massive overkill? It was fast though- .29 seconds although I acknowledge 4.4 million is probably associated with the names in the database. Each page still has to be loaded. :)

I wonder if you can search the search results more specifically?
 
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Nermal said:
I tried it again recently when MS started running those "Bing it on" ads. I changed back to Google the same day, after typing something like "23 c in f" and Bing searched for it instead of converting it.
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Pretty similar experience, but I gave it a week or so before I switched back.

Bing works as a search engine, but I'm not a fan of their maps and the Google ecosystem, which is incredibly important to my everyday use. I found myself searching for an address in Bing, not being satisfied with the results, open a Google Maps tab, search for it again, and then do what I need with it.

It's great going to a Google Maps result and hit Directions, type in H and my home address pops up. Or star the location for later - either to look up or pull up on Maps or Navigation on my phone in the car, which automatically syncs.
 
Nermal said:
I tried it again recently when MS started running those "Bing it on" ads. I changed back to Google the same day, after typing something like "23 c in f" and Bing searched for it instead of converting it.
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Looks like it's fixed now.
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Alexa shows the site as being the sixth most visited page in the country. As well as 16th globally.
 
The only search provider I use is Google. If I sit at someone else's computer and need to search and Bing or Yahoo come up, I switch over to Google then search.
 
I use Google because I've been using Google for so long and because I'm comfortable with it. In addition, I have a Google account that I use.

Bing isn't terrible, but there's really no need to change from something I'm comfortable with using. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
 
wordoflife said:
I use Google because I've been using Google for so long and because I'm comfortable with it. In addition, I have a Google account that I use.

Bing isn't terrible, but there's really no need to change from something I'm comfortable with using. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
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^^^^ Same situation.

There should be a poll on this for better accuracy :p
 
duckduckgo primarily. yahoo sometimes.

I never cared for google. Just a personal preference.

I wouldn't use bing, be they best, worst or somewhere inbetween, due to the microsoft association.

Yes, I am aware of the current relationship yahoo has with m$.
 
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I actually kind of prefer Bing to Google. I didn't back when Bing started but they've gotten much better. I really prefer their image and video searches to Google.
 
I haven't used Bing since the first week it came out. I use Duck Duck Go on my desktop mainly due to their privacy policy.
 
I run a lot of different websites and when we look at where the traffic comes from: Most of it is from google, followed by some random sites, then with barely any traffic is bing. Why? Because no one uses bing.
 
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