Bing.com – All Hype?
June 14, 2009
I am really interested in hearing what others think about Bing.com. I have spoken with some other webmasters who have noticed a small increase in traffic from Bing.com. Most are attributing all of the advertising and media surrounding the launch. From some of my own sites I have noticed that bing.com traffic is exceeding what has been coming in from Yahoo.com, but is nothing compared to Google.com. I ran some basic searches and it seems the fundamental engine is still based on some msn algorithims. I didn’t notice a change in ranking.
I found their ads to be compelling and think the search engines will continue to refine and get better. If I am looking for a pie. I don’t want 3.14, a graph, but do I want a recipe or to actually buy a pie. I think this is where humans have gotten more specific like, “pie recipe” or “purchase pie”. From my initial review I like the groovy graphic, but Google still rocks. Great results and easy for advertisers to use Adwords. I don’t know why other advertisers haven’t made it as easy as Google. I don’t even mess with other platforms because the Google Adwords platform really helps me nail down ads quickly and easily.
Maybe MSN will get it together, but for now Google is still my home page. I use the groovy iGoogle that has all my favorite apps like the SI swimsuit girl and the matrix themed background. What can I say I am a total dork at heart.