One way to get people to use Bing:

[lxskllr]

You know, I've heard about this one a lot and have used it a few times. Upon reading this, I decided to go look at it again. I clicked on the lots and lots of goodies link. I'm damn impressed. It has a feature called instant answers. I can type in "population of tampa" and it gives me the population in an answer at the top. It works with a TON of commands. Very damn impressive. It also helps that it doesn't track my shit and I'm helping out a 'small' company whom hopefully is a bit more responsible

Exactly. It a great search. They sometimes aren't as "relevant" as Google since they don't track you, but that's a double edged sword. Sometimes it helps give me more Ubuntu related links when searching for computer stuff, but then I'm not always looking for Ubuntu stuff, and I prefer not being in an echo chamber of my own opinion.

I don't use Google search at all anymore, except when it's given as a DDG result. The default search has been changed in all my browsers to DDG.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Bing has better aerial view too, in my experience. I like the 4 different angles.

I've noticed that Google Maps has added a closer aerial view recently, similar to what Bing has. But Google still sucks for calculating driving times. On a recent road trip, Google estimated about 1 hr longer than it actually took, while Bing was within 10 minutes. I think Google assumes you drive exactly the speed limit the whole time, and no one drives exactly 65 through rural Wisconsin.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

DuckDuckGo!

Quack! :thumbsup:

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Did a quick check (Bing) on MS donations, and not quickly finding groups such as those Google donated to. They seem to be 'not bad on the candidates they donate to.

They appeared to be a bit more Democratic donating than Republican.

So it remains, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I check more.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000115

/facepalm

What got me using google was craig using bing.

This.

 

[purbeast0]

i use bing all the time for my flight searches. their travel page is much cleaner than using something like expedia or travelocity, and it tracks fare history.

i actually found out about it due to someone posting it on these forums a year or two ago. thanks whoever you are!

 

[zoiks]

Never used bing. That's a pretty shitty name in the first place for a search engine.

 

[shortylickens]

 

[Krazy4Real]

LOL!

 

[FoBoT]

Never used bing. That's a pretty shitty name in the first place for a search engine.

but a great name for a cherry

 

[Fritzo]

but a great name for a cherry

Don't forget the machine that goes BING!

It's their most expensive machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arCITMfxvEc

 

[MotF Bane]

What got me to use bing: Google donating to a bunch of right-wing political groups.

Keep your ignorant hackery to P&N.

 

[Imp]

lol... it worked.

My computer was being a bitch Tuesday, and I was in admin mode checking stuff out, then I Security Essentials started going off. I caught on after 5 times and realized it happened every time I went to my homepage (Google) on my admin account.

I started "bing-ing" (banging?) and found out it was SE showing a false-positive.

 

[Sureshot324]

I've noticed that Google Maps has added a closer aerial view recently, similar to what Bing has. But Google still sucks for calculating driving times. On a recent road trip, Google estimated about 1 hr longer than it actually took, while Bing was within 10 minutes. I think Google assumes you drive exactly the speed limit the whole time, and no one drives exactly 65 through rural Wisconsin.

I also find Google Maps underestimates the benefits of highways when determining a route. It assumes you'll drive the speed limit at all times, but on smaller streets you're more likely to encounter delays/stop and go traffic.

 

[RavenSEAL]

The only people that use Bing are the ones that work for Microsoft.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Yes Bing did a classic version of "White Christmas".

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

BBC News: Google accuses Bing of "copying".

How many internets does Google think there are?!

 

[Loop2kil]

 

[AstroManLuca]

Heaven help you if you accidentally delete IE before downloading another browser.

 

[CPA]

porn searching on bing video > google search

this.

 

[lothar]

Did a quick check (Bing) on MS donations, and not quickly finding groups such as those Google donated to. They seem to be 'not bad on the candidates they donate to.

They appeared to be a bit more Democratic donating than Republican.

So it remains, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I check more.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000115

No wonder you can't find them...It's because you're using Bing.
I found them using Google perfectly fine. Maybe you should change to a different search engine?
Do you really believe Microsoft doesn't donate money to the Heritage Foundation and the US Chamber of Commerce? MWHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Since you still can't seem to find them using Bing, may I suggest you use a different browser to search?

Umm...Google also donates to mostly Democrats than Republicans just like Microsoft does.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2012&strID=C00227546
Microsoft 2012 PAC Contribution Data
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(50% to Democrats, 50% to Republicans) $423,000

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2012&strID=C00428623
Google 2012 PAC Contribution Data
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(56% to Democrats, 44% to Republicans) $61,000

And so does Goldman Sachs.
In case you don't get it yet, ALL companies donate to whoever they think the eventual winner would be in the hopes of buying influence.

 

[Shawn]

I only use bing for birds eye view on maps.