The Bing Challenge.

July 27, 2009 · Filed Under Google, Microsoft, Tech · Comment 

If you haven’t heard by now, Microsoft revealed a new search engine called Bing which is set to compete with Google. I have realized that I am extremely used to using Google. Every time I am going to visit a website and I’m not 100% sure of the name I would google it and even for simple things I find myself using Google all day long. But because Bing has been growing so strong lately I have decided to give it a shot more than just looking at it. I’ve been using Bing for a bit over 24 hours now. I do find myself using Google every now and then without even noticing it but I’m slowly getting better at using Bing. I haven’t really found anything that really beats Google so far except for the Image Search. The way Bing shows you images makes it really easy to look through hundreds of images at a very quick paste. I have also heard that looking for flights and hotels is very easy and useful through Bing but I have not given it a try yet. I think everyone should try Bing for at least 24 hours and then make a judgment if they like it or not. I know I will be using the Image Search that Bing provides.

On another note…It seems like many users have been using Bing a lot lately seeing as I have been getting a very good amount of traffic coming from Bing lately.

Yasser

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Cuil, New Promising Search Engine.

July 29, 2008 · Filed Under Tech · 4 Comments 

Every year brings a bunch of new companies and websites that try taking on the search engine market. But this year there seems to be a worthy competitor entering the game called Cuil. It was developed by ex Google employees who have been making a lot of claims of how great the search engine is. It is considered the “Cuil” way of searching. But what is really surprising of this new search engine is all the media buzz that it has been getting. I took a quick look at it and it seems fine. Nothing revolutionary in it yet. But with all this buzz it is definitely something to keep an eye on for the next year. Let me remind you that it only has a few days since its release…

Update: On a new note TechCrunch recently reported of a new service called Yuil from Yahoo Execs. It is reported to show better results than the much criticized Cuil.

Yasser

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