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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 10:45 PM
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17. I like Bing better than Google.
Google has been giving junky sites high rankings lately. I'm doing scientific research and having a hard time with their top rankings.
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  -Microsoft Bing Controls 30% Of Search Market, Google Slowly Sinking onehandle  Apr-11-11 10:03 PM   #0 
  - I know one reason for this  Lisa D   Apr-11-11 10:07 PM   #1 
  - use google chrome or safari for windows......  madrchsod   Apr-11-11 10:14 PM   #5 
  - Or, better yet, use Opera  kentauros   Apr-13-11 07:37 AM   #39 
  - Which IE version?  boppers   Apr-11-11 10:16 PM   #7 
  - Click "Tools" on the top row. Select "Internet Options".  Wilms   Apr-11-11 10:24 PM   #12 
  - yep. That's the only reason.  provis99   Apr-11-11 10:37 PM   #16 
  - they used to say the same thing  melm00se   Apr-12-11 04:18 AM   #28 
     - once, yahoo was great.  crikkett   Apr-12-11 09:48 AM   #32 
     - i never heard yahoo being great over google  JI7   Apr-12-11 04:38 PM   #34 
  - Two ways:  JaneQPublic   Apr-12-11 01:12 AM   #27 
  - Thanks for the help!  Lisa D   Apr-12-11 06:59 AM   #29 
  - Install Firefox and delete IE. N/T  OnlinePoker   Apr-13-11 06:59 AM   #38 
  - Switch to FireFox.  Odin2005   Apr-13-11 08:38 AM   #41 
  - I despise Bing........  PDJane   Apr-11-11 10:07 PM   #2 
  - That 65.91% is click through rate. Bad measurement.  boppers   Apr-11-11 10:13 PM   #3 
  - Good point  upi402   Apr-11-11 10:23 PM   #11 
     - "refuses to cooperate"... interesting chart:  boppers   Apr-11-11 10:31 PM   #13 
     - Brazil & S Korea  upi402   Apr-11-11 11:53 PM   #22 
        - On Brazil: That's Orkut.  boppers   Apr-12-11 12:14 AM   #23 
           - Makes sense, thanks  upi402   Apr-12-11 12:27 AM   #24 
              - From wikipedia:  boppers   Apr-12-11 12:46 AM   #26 
     - I use ixquick  arikara   Apr-12-11 12:31 AM   #25 
  - Bing will never give us terrific free things like Google Docs, Google Earth, Street View, etc...  NYC_SKP   Apr-11-11 10:13 PM   #4 
  - You and me too, bruddah, you and me too. Howareya, SKP????  cliffordu   Apr-11-11 10:18 PM   #9 
  - The Microsoft rival products for all of those are free as well  idlisambar   Apr-11-11 11:22 PM   #21 
  - Logrolling In Our Time  musette_sf   Apr-11-11 10:14 PM   #6 
  - yahoo writing about their partnership with bing........  madrchsod   Apr-11-11 10:16 PM   #8 
  - saying it is a glowing success and the WHOLE search market  KurtNYC   Apr-12-11 03:59 PM   #33 
  - Statcounter has Google at 90.12% for March  Renew Deal   Apr-11-11 10:20 PM   #10 
  - I keep getting Bing as a default.  athenasatanjesus   Apr-11-11 10:32 PM   #14 
  - I've been going to Bing first for a few months now  Rage for Order   Apr-11-11 10:34 PM   #15 
  - I like Bing better than Google.  Zoeisright   Apr-11-11 10:45 PM   #17 
  - My Windows Phone browser somehow made Bing the default and wouldn't let me switch it  qanda   Apr-11-11 10:47 PM   #18 
  - the source is Yahoo News (Bing)  yngdip   Apr-11-11 10:58 PM   #19 
  - But the source of the source (deep, huh?) is...  Rage for Order   Apr-11-11 11:02 PM   #20 
  - purge the garbage  Sen. Walter Sobchak   Apr-12-11 07:15 AM   #30 
  - Google seems to be getting harder to use...  cbdo2007   Apr-12-11 08:51 AM   #31 
  - Bing is kind of better when it comes to video search  JI7   Apr-12-11 04:40 PM   #35 
  - I love Google and have used it for years, starting when I had a job doing internet searches.  Kat45   Apr-13-11 01:01 AM   #36 
  - Has Gates now become the new Howard Hughes -- he wanted to own USA - !!  defendandprotect   Apr-13-11 01:39 AM   #37 
  - ...Meaning that MS re-serves 30% of the Google market.  sofa king   Apr-13-11 07:43 AM   #40 
 

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