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Author Topic: Have you tried bing? David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-11-2009 04:56 PM                        Microsoft's new search engine bing So far I'm liking it. Google's search results seem so highly manipulated now that I find it much less accurate than it used to be. I'm also sick of Google-sponsored ads and links on every site on the web (except this one!). Bing isn't just a repackaged MSN Live if that's what you've heard. Might be worth giving it a try if you haven't already.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-12-2009 11:13 AM                        I have rented AUSTRALIA, but I returned it without watching it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-12-2009 12:09 PM                        "Bing?" Sounds like a dumb kids' marble game. Why is it everything has to have a stupid cutesy name these days? Why not a sensible name, like "SearchIt!" or something.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-12-2009 12:25 PM                     ..cuz it attracts attention due to the catchy names .. and to make it more "personal" Look at "Google","Ask","Yahoo" and others. "Altavista" sorta fizzled away. Marketed for the young and future generations.. ..as with everything else that is popping up new lately.. Sorry Mike, but we're getting slightly pushed out into the "pasture of being forgotten". -Monte  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 06-12-2009 12:32 PM                        I tried it, and I am thoroughly unimpressed. I tried some of my usual searches (electronic parts, software error messages, etc.) and I found the ranking was much less useful than Google, with even more crap pages at the top of the list (which I found surprising). It looks to have some cute handling for some special searches, but for what I need it's worse than Google.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-12-2009 02:09 PM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer ..cuz it attracts attention due to the catchy names .. and to make it more "personal" Look at "Google","Ask","Yahoo" and others. Well, "Google" makes some sense because I think it is derived from 'googol' which is a 1 followed by 100 zeroes...implying you will get lots of results. "Ask" makes some sense too of course. Yahoo? Who knows. But "Bing?" What, was some suit at Microsoft eating a Bing candy bar during the naming meeting? At least they didn't call it "iSearch." There was probably a temptation. For the record I gave it a try too. My theatre comes up top of the list when you search "Roxy Forsyth," so I'm happy about that.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-15-2009 02:09 AM                     I'm trying to work out why David is telling us he rented 'Australia'.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2009 09:56 AM                        I think he returned it because he had to wash his hair instead. . .  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-15-2009 10:47 AM                     Or maybe he clicked reply instead of new topic... there've been a few threads of people saying "I rented [insert movie here]" lately.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2009 11:23 AM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer Sorry Mike, but we're getting slightly pushed out into the "pasture of being forgotten". I prefer to think of it is Demo'd Out  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-15-2009 12:14 PM                        quote: John Wilson I'm trying to work out why David is telling us he rented 'Australia'. Well my bing thread was getting no response so I figured what the heck, I'll throw in a complete non sequitur related to other current amusing threads.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2009 04:39 PM                     All that is Microsoft sucks. All that is Microsoft has always sucked and will always suck forever. Microsoft sucks simply because it exists. And, yes, I have tried the site. Not impressed. If you want to see an interesting search engine project you should take a look at Wolfram Alpha. http://www88.wolframalpha.com/ It is a computational search engine. In other words it does not simply find information. It looks in its database and calculates responses. Type in your name and it will tell you the statistical probability of your name, how many people in the world are expected to have your name and the average age, based on population statistics, of all the people in the world who have your name. If, at any time, you want, click on a link (at the right side of the page and it will dump you out to a Google search of your input terms. The site is still in its infancy but it is well worth taking a look at.  |  IP: Logged

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