Ironman273 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 This is why i use google instead of Bing http://goo.gl/maps/VRgQ5 http://binged.it/1f9NJ3Z Bing Maps ***** for rural Quebec, Canada. If i'm going to use Google Maps then i'll use the whole Google service instead. It's Canada. There's nothing there anyways! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreadAbort Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It works fine for me too. He must have another bing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Why use either when there's Wolfram Alpha? Because you're usually searching for something, and this makes you not have to leave the site. Agreed on Google lagging behind in the International support. Almost no interactivity for other countries. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Accesing it in Canada. Don't see any visual 1 g = x Oz all I get are search results. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion and Lamb Ministry Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I must be having my own special version of bing Capture.JPG Capture2.JPG less typing too? YEP, I get the same thing. Bing is excellent! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4Ever Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Heh, no. I have some gold that I want to sell. Buyers are quoting prices in grams. :) For gold (and other precious metals), 28.3495 grams is not correct, You need Troy Oz. not regular Oz. and it's 31.1034768 grams Romero and Ice_Blue 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Google's unit conversion is insanely smart and can do quite complex (and ridiculous) stuff. Bing's is OK if you use the US version but is horrible otherwise. Bing has been copying a LOT from Google the past year. If you search "Moviename cast" you always got a nice big cast list on Google, Bing only recently started doing the same. Difference is that Google actually does that worldwide and not just for the US. Something Microsoft still hasn't managed to do. You have no idea how horrible Bing is in Belgium. I've never ever seen anyone use it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted January 23, 2014 Veteran Share Posted January 23, 2014 I must be having my own special version of bing Capture.JPG Capture2.JPG less typing too? Got the same results with "grams per ounce." I think this is more about how to do research than the results. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 YEP, I get the same thing. Bing is excellent! ... if you live in the states. Ice_Blue, HoochieMamma and yowanvista 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Blue Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 For gold (and other precious metals), 28.3495 grams is not correct, You need Troy Oz. not regular Oz. and it's 31.1034768 grams Thanks. Didn't know that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DonC Subscriber² Posted January 23, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted January 23, 2014 You'll see the line in Bing if you set it to US English. I'm sure the feature *used* to be in UK Bing or perhaps when it was still Live Search. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUTZIFER Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's Canada. There's nothing there anyways! Yeah you are right, there is nothing here... no tornados, no hurricanes, no earthquakes, and no jets flying in to buildings. USA, what an awesome place. :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Google's unit conversion is insanely smart and can do quite complex (and ridiculous) stuff. Bing's is OK if you use the US version but is horrible otherwise. Bing has been copying a LOT from Google the past year. If you search "Moviename cast" you always got a nice big cast list on Google, Bing only recently started doing the same. Difference is that Google actually does that worldwide and not just for the US. Something Microsoft still hasn't managed to do. You have no idea how horrible Bing is in Belgium. I've never ever seen anyone use it. I am fairly certain Google has copied a lot from bing too but let's not derail this thread. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Gunter Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 "I'd wish people would stop posting US version screenshots and boasting about it." Yeah, I get so jealous when I see that "Any time" dropdown that only the US has, for some inexplicable reason. I mean, how hard can it be to let the rest of us search by date? If/when I have that capability, I can finally remove the last shred of Google from my otherwise pristine Surface Pro 2. I WANT IT AND I WANT IT NOW, DAMMIT. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've always been a fan of Google's built-in stuff like that. You can type in math problems, unit conversions, etc. and most of the time it'll put a little calculator or something right at the top of your search results. I haven't used Bing primarily in a while. I tried it for a few months and it wasn't that the search engine was particularly bad, it gave me results that were relevant to the terms I entered, it's just that I hardly ever got the exact page or result I was looking for. A lot of my searches are for things I've seen before, and I'm just trying to track down that particular page again, and Google seems to work better for me in that regard. Just out of curiosity I did a search on 5 search engines, and here's the results I got. Google Bing DuckDuckGo Ask (It re-phrased my search entry for me, I entered the same text as the other search engines) Yahoo Ice_Blue 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Bing UK doesn't turn back a direct conversion. Bing US does. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Works correctly for me. I can also type in something simple like "32g to ounces" and it gives me the answer. I can also get two conversions in one search, like "150g to ounces and carats" and it gives me both answers. Google didn't do that when I tried. Although I do like Google's interactive result layout. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devHead Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I asked Bing how many grams in an ounce and got the big 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams. How much grams? I think the correct word is many, bro. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 May I just say that correct English should read: "How many grams are there in an ounce" Note: Grams/Grammes - the world has adopted "Grams" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted January 24, 2014 Member Share Posted January 24, 2014 May I just say that correct English should read: "How many grams are there in an ounce" Note: Grams/Grammes - the world has adopted "Grams" Why write proper English at all? Might as well shortcut to this: ounce to grams or ounce ;-) Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Why write proper English at all? Might as well shortcut to this: Even "oz to g" works. snaphat (Myles Landwehr) 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Perhaps bing simply refused to deal with your poor grammar. BajiRav, exotoxic, He's Dead Jim and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
notchinese Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Conclusion: 'Murica. Gerowen 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Blue Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Perhaps bing simply refused to deal with your poor grammar. One more reason Google is better. :) It gets the gist of the question. Shiranui 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippleman Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I must be having my own special version of bing trying inputting the search "how many grams in 2 ounces" and you will see what he was meaning... I'm not sure what I'm looking at in both those pictures lol. Apart from Google showing 2 lakes that Bing doesn't show, everything else looks the same. trying inputting the search "how many grams in 2 ounces" and you will see what he was meaning... It works fine for me too. He must have another bing. trying inputting the search "how many grams in 2 ounces" and you will see what he was meaning... Accesing it in Canada. Don't see any visual 1 g = x Oz all I get are search results. I get the actual calculator from Alberta location Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1197825-this-is-why-i-use-google-instead-of-bing/page/2/#findComment-596230857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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