Sunday, October 4, 2009

Bing: Advantages and Disadvantages

Bing is an Internet search engine by Microsoft. It can be found at http://www.bing.com. Advantages and disadvantages of the search engine are listed below. Please comment based on your experience with Bing.

Advantages of Bing:

  • More relevant and accurate search results
  • Search history in view
  • Cleaner appearance makes browsing easier
  • Show just results for ... option
  • Brief simple descriptions
Disadvantages of Bing:

  • Fancy background images slow loading
  • Does not have scientific notation function of Google
  • Not different enough for consumers to warrant a change
  • Does not display broadly related topics
  • Owned by Microsoft (The Devil, due to the company's Monopoly)