Microsoft always do this with search engines. They seem to start from the assumption that any query represents a user problem, for which there exists a Microsoft based solution. Looked at that way, a search engine becomes an exercise in derailing the users interest, and redirecting into more profitable channels.
It never seems to occur to them that people might be genuinely interested in results that reflect what they actually want.
Microsoft always do this with search engines. They seem to start from the assumption that any query represents a user problem, for which there exists a Microsoft based solution. Looked at that way, a search engine becomes an exercise in derailing the users interest, and redirecting into more profitable channels.
Keep in mind that any loss of profit from Bing can go directly against the company's profit as a whole, as well as the entire cost of Bing being applied to Microsoft's advertising budget. For Microsoft, it's a win-win scenario. It's just The Next Step in its advertising campaign to maintain its market dominance.
It never seems to occur to them that people might be genuinely interested in results that reflect what they actually want.
Or, more likely, given the present 'economic climate', that the economic viability and survival is more important than giving the consumers EVERYTHING they want. Keep in mind that Google is based on selling advertising, Microsoft is selling their own technology. Advertising a 'competing service' doesn't hurt Google much, they still get the page views. For Microsoft to advertise their competition, it's financial suicide, and liable to directly hurt them, sparking a possible stockholder's revolt.
Keep in mind that any loss of profit from Bing can go directly against the company's profit as a whole, as well as the entire cost of Bing being applied to Microsoft's advertising budget. For Microsoft, it's a win-win scenario. It's just The Next Step in its advertising campaign to maintain its market dominance.
Oh, I'm sure a win-win on one level. On the other hand, if they end up with an engine that no-one uses because they find more satisfying answers to their questions elsewhere... well, it seems a li
> For Microsoft to advertise their competition, it's financial suicide, and liable to directly hurt them, sparking a possible stockholder's revolt.
Bullshit. If you query google for "advertiser network", you'll find other stuff than only google's. By your reasoning, it would be financial suicide for Microsoft to let user download firefox using IE.
All that is bullshit. They are just greedy, and believe that the short term gain of redirecting users to biased results is better than capturing a higher market
Keep in mind that Google is based on selling advertising
True, but their business model is rooted in providing the best search engine - advertising revenue follows from that - and these Bing results show that, at present, they are still top dog with regard search algorithms, which is a technology par excellence as fas as I'm concerned!
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Surprised, why?
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Surprised it took them this long, perhaps.
Microsoft always do this with search engines. They seem to start from the assumption that any query represents a user problem, for which there exists a Microsoft based solution. Looked at that way, a search engine becomes an exercise in derailing the users interest, and redirecting into more profitable channels.
It never seems to occur to them that people might be genuinely interested in results that reflect what they actually want.
And then the
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Keep in mind that any loss of profit from Bing can go directly against the company's profit as a whole, as well as the entire cost of Bing being applied to Microsoft's advertising budget. For Microsoft, it's a win-win scenario. It's just The Next Step in its advertising campaign to maintain its market dominance.
Or, more likely, given the present 'economic climate', that the economic viability and survival is more important than giving the consumers EVERYTHING they want. Keep in mind that Google is based on selling advertising, Microsoft is selling their own technology. Advertising a 'competing service' doesn't hurt Google much, they still get the page views. For Microsoft to advertise their competition, it's financial suicide, and liable to directly hurt them, sparking a possible stockholder's revolt.
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Oh, I'm sure a win-win on one level. On the other hand, if they end up with an engine that no-one uses because they find more satisfying answers to their questions elsewhere ... well, it seems a li
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> For Microsoft to advertise their competition, it's financial suicide, and liable to directly hurt them, sparking a possible stockholder's revolt.
Bullshit. If you query google for "advertiser network", you'll find other stuff than only google's. By your reasoning, it would be financial suicide for Microsoft to let user download firefox using IE.
All that is bullshit. They are just greedy, and believe that the short term gain of redirecting users to biased results is better than capturing a higher market
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Keep in mind that Google is based on selling advertising
True, but their business model is rooted in providing the best search engine - advertising revenue follows from that - and these Bing results show that, at present, they are still top dog with regard search algorithms, which is a technology par excellence as fas as I'm concerned!