Saturday, September 15, 2012

Bing v. Google blind test

After seeing some ad about people preferring Bing to Google 2 to 1, I gave it the test at http://www.bingiton.com a shot. My searches and the search provider I preferred:
songbird source code............... Google
Linux mint wiki......................... Google
nonprogrammer learning to program....... Google
mako surgical peer-review studies....... Bing
cooperative insurance healthcare reform... Google 
Google won 4 out of 5. Ironically, I currently use Yahoo Search (which uses Bing on the backend) as it has a revenue-sharing agreement with Linux Mint, which is running on my laptop. Recently discussed over at "Bing Vs. Google: Have You Taken the Blind Comparison Test?", where plenty of others post their experiences.