Comments on Jeff's Search Engine Caffè: Bing is the new Live Search

I wouldn't trust Google's reported number ...

2009-06-01T20:00:11.815-04:00

I wouldn't trust Google's reported number of results. The actual number of results I find when clicking through to the end is always smaller than advertised, often significantly.

There's a similar problem with cellphone providers, who typically version the phones and thus may control the number of "bars" you see for a given signal strength. Apparently, there's been some competition in showing more bars, because people use it as a proxy for quality.

Incorporating Farecast predictions into a major se...

2009-06-01T16:19:04.509-04:00

Incorporating Farecast predictions into a major search engine was also a big plus for Bing. If you travel a lot (as I do), you'll love it.

Just made Bing my default page.

I like the fact that it is fast, much faster than ...

2009-06-01T12:21:52.417-04:00

I like the fact that it is fast, much faster than it used to be. I also like some of the ideas that went into the presentation. I think the results (especially for harder queries) are still not up to par with G, but my personal opinion is that it is not so much a function of coverage, more a function of ranking alg.

In a way, returning more relevant results with a s...

2009-06-01T12:18:40.844-04:00

In a way, returning more relevant results with a smaller index makes you're more efficient. Does the average user really 'feel' the size of the index?

Bing sure got the looks and some descent results. Right now, I think Bing makes google look old.

I think Bing has an edge on presentation and organ...

2009-06-01T12:06:18.808-04:00

I think Bing has an edge on presentation and organization of results, not to mention a much better shopping, travel and video experience.