[LinuxUsers] Bing results skewed

[Michael Gorman]

"Bing is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever
they please - but so does Google, and they return results that are
critical of them"
David,

I'm not sure what you mean by this? Neither Microsoft or Google are
privately held companies. They are public, hence the ability to buy stock in
them. They should be doing the best they can by the stock holders.

Michael Gorman


On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Peter Manis <peter.manis at gmail.com> wrote:

> It took them 15 days to reindex though so I dont think they care much. That
> article came out on the 5th.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM, David Kaiser <dkaiser at cdk.com> wrote:
>
>> Also interesting to note that between last night and today, they have
>> somehow all of a sudden indexed some sites that criticize the cost of
>> windows - so the search that is listed in that blog page actually
>> returns results now...   maybe publically calling them out on twitter
>> whenever they do something dumb helps?
>>
>>
>> David Kaiser wrote:
>> > NewsFlash: Reports of Microsoft tainting their Bing
>> > <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bing> search results.
>> >
>> http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results
>> >
>> > Not that anyone is really surprised.  (And yes you could argue that Bing
>> > is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever they
>> > please - but so does Google, and they return results that are critical
>> > of them...)
>> >
>> > MSN |  Windows Live  |  Bing  |  Whatever-they-call-it-next...    it's
>> > still the same thing...   don't count on the old dog ever learning a new
>> > trick (like being non-subjective)
>> >
>> >
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