Anybody using bing consistently?

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Mike Gayner

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I really want to like Bing, but the results just aren't as good as Google. Plus in NZ all the cool features of Bing don't work.
 

TheAdvocate

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I like the Bird Eye feature in bing's Maps section.

Win. I use this feature daily. For searches, I still use Google. Bing Map's bird's eye view is much better than Google Maps, even street view.
 

Matthiasa

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When their video search wasn't fail before I used it for that, but well now... not so much. :p
 

rockyct

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I've been using Google as my search engine for over a decade now. It's going to be hard to break that habit without a revolution of a better search engine coming along.
 

sandorski

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A few months back someone started a thread about it, so I checked it out.

I still use Google. I wish there was something better than Google, because often it's just frustrating to get proper Results, but there isn't anything better.
 

nageov3t

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I've tried a couple side by side comparison searches and got better results than google, so I stick with the G.
 

rudeguy

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Dec 27, 2001
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I have still never even went to that site. I am sick of the stupid popup Bing ads all over websites. Just that by itself makes me never want to use it.
 

Deeko

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I use both. I set my browser defaults to Bing to try it out, when I can't find something, I use Google. Seeing as I have an Android phone, I am fairly tightly tied to a lot of Google services.

Sometimes Bing is better, sometimes Google is better. Depends on what you're looking for.
 

AnonymouseUser

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Since so many people don't know how to change Window's defaults, I decided to set up a bing local business listing. Six weeks later (two weeks for snail mail PIN confirmation ffs) and it still doesn't show up.

By comparison, Google had the business listing confirmed in 15 minutes and showing up in their results in two days.

bing sucks. Period.

bing is so bad I have to use Google to find the damn local listing center.
 
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Jeff7181

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I don't like the look of bing. The idea is kinda neat... it's just not practical. Too much going on. When I search for stuff I like plain interface that's fast and uses screen real estate to give me more information rather than fancy graphics.
 

FoBoT

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What's bing?

you know, Bing
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