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Enterprise Applications: Search Comparison Sites Pit Google Against Microsoft Bing, Others


The search engine war has never been more exciting. Microsoft puttered along in the search market for years before unleashing Bing in June to take on market leader Google. Bing is a major improvement over Microsoft Live Search, but how can you determine how well Bing stacks up against Google? You have to do searches using each service in separate Web browsers. This is a pain, so programmers are creating sites that put query results from different search engines side by side. Bing vs. Google.com is one, while BlindSearch compares Google, Bing and Yahoo search in a blind test. Clearly, developers are pouncing on this opportunity to mash up and compare search engines.
 
  • Search Comparison Sites Pit Google Against Microsoft Bing, Others
    by Clint Boulton
  • Bing vs. Google
    Created by Domagoj Pavlesic, Bing vs. Google features a simple, Google-like search box.
  • Searching for Sushi on Bing and Google
    A keyword search yields a split screen. The default is side-by-side comparisons of Bing and Google. Users can also click the button at the top to see vertical comparisons, or results from just Bing or just Google.
  • Try Something a Little Different
    Let's spice it up a little and search for "How to build a house." Bing is a little bland here. Google has a YouTube video on how to build a house in a day.
  • BlindSearch
    BlindSearch from Microsoft Developer Evangelist Michael Kordahi recalls the classic Coke vs. Pepsi Challenge. Type in a search query above, hit search, then vote for the column that you believe best matches your query. Results are randomized for every query. No rigging here!
  • Searching Blindly for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'
    A search for "Rocky Horror Picture Show" yields these results. Which is the best? We chose the middle, which was highlighted in blue.
  • The 'Rocky Horror' Reveal
    Yahoo, not Bing or Google, was our choice. Who knew?
  • This Time, We're Gunning for Google
    In the last search, we picked the search results that appealed to us most from a quick perusal. For this next search, "New York Yankees," we're guessing the right-most column is Google. Clicking on that column reveals ...
  • The Real Google Results
    ... That we were wrong. BlindSearch says Google results for "New York Yankees" are on the left. This will take practice.
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