Bing and Google: A Comparison

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Bing and Google

They are search engines in which a user can look for web, image, video and map contents.
They both use crawlers to scan and collect information on websites in order to index them for search.
Both have a landing page where one will encounter a single search box centered in the screen.
Even their search results page look very familiar.

After reading a few articles comparing or promoting either one, I couldn't really tell the actual difference. Just depends on what one would more likely search. I also went and did a side by side comparison by searching the same thing in both search engines at the same time. From what I could tell, Bing seems to be geared towards more mainstream content. For instance, if you were to put a random phrase resembling music lyrics at all, Bing seems to have a higher chance of bringing up a music video in the top results than Google. I entered the phrase "dark horse". Bing brought up Katy Perry and Google brought up Dark Horse comics. Upon trying to find more specific information I entered "size of tire on versa". Bing immediately showed my a tire size chart with the information I was looking for while Google gave me sponsored links to tire shops.

In conclusion I felt that Bing would actually give me more relevant information while Google will try to sell me something.


https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/

https://www.bing.com/explore/bingchallenge

https://lifehacker.com/search-engine-showdown-google-vs-bing-1739263052

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2685215/websites/the-4-reasons-i-switched-from-google-to-bing.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/05/16/why-hasnt-bing-improved-to-become-better-than-google/#689f8e2c36ff






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