Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Copy Engine
A recent experiment by Google shows that Bing is likely copying Google's top search results. While Bing's and Google's search algorithms are different, they show very similar results in their top 10. It makes sense to copy results from Google--their search engine is the most popular and it arguably returns the best results. While Bing tries to improve their search results, they instead discredit their validity. Bing's commercials show people that have become robotic because they have been overloaded with search results. The cure for these people is to stop using search engines, and to use Bing's "decision engine" instead. Their commercials focus on how they are different from other search engines, but their search algorithm focuses on copying results from Google.
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The term "decision engine" doesn't sound appealing to me, even if does the same thing as Google's search engine. I don't want Microsoft making my decisions.
ReplyDeleteI was really impressed with how Google handled this. Instead of making the information public when they discovered it months ago, they performed very intricate tests to be 100% sure before going public.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft are wealthy. They can offer more money to get best lawyers and help them to win the case.
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