The surprise isn't that Microsoft is doing it, but rather that cio.com is the one calling them on it--a site aimed at upper management. This isn't fanboy-complaining, but business-complaining, something that will hit acceptance of Bing in the corporate environment.
The surprise isn't that Microsoft is doing it, but rather that cio.com is the one calling them on it--a site aimed at upper management. This isn't fanboy-complaining, but business-complaining, something that will hit acceptance of Bing in the corporate environment.
The surprise isn't that Microsoft is doing it, but rather that cio.com is the one calling them on it--a site aimed at upper management. This isn't fanboy-complaining, but business-complaining, something that will hit acceptance of Bing in the corporate environment.
Definitely, since "Nobody ever got fired for specifying Microsoft", as the old saw goes.
Of course, this was before the big financial meltdown, so things might be a bit different now...
Something businesses should be complaining about is the fact that Bing hits websites over and over while posing as a normal browser (user agent is IE - no mention of Bing) with a referrer that claims it's a search from Bing. Artificially making it look like Bing is driving more traffic than it really is while just using up resources. Two thirds of my traffic that claims to be normal users directed from Bing comes from a Bing IP address and Microsoft refuses to explain it. Suspicious.
Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them.
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Surprised, why?
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The surprise isn't that Microsoft is doing it, but rather that cio.com is the one calling them on it--a site aimed at upper management. This isn't fanboy-complaining, but business-complaining, something that will hit acceptance of Bing in the corporate environment.
Bingo
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Bing is a better way to google. You can google just about anything with it. You can even google Google!
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Finally, I see why they named it Bing!
Bing Is Not Google
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Definitely, since "Nobody ever got fired for specifying Microsoft", as the old saw goes.
Of course, this was before the big financial meltdown, so things might be a bit different now...
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No, it is still fanboy complaining.
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but is this really any different than the google "I feel lucky" result for "french military victories"?
hawk
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Something businesses should be complaining about is the fact that Bing hits websites over and over while posing as a normal browser (user agent is IE - no mention of Bing) with a referrer that claims it's a search from Bing. Artificially making it look like Bing is driving more traffic than it really is while just using up resources. Two thirds of my traffic that claims to be normal users directed from Bing comes from a Bing IP address and Microsoft refuses to explain it. Suspicious.