Comments on: Bing: The Buzz, Microsoft’s Expensive Gamble, and SEO http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/07/bing-buzz-and-market-share-microsoft-seo/ oDesk - The Future of Work Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Terry Whalen http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/07/bing-buzz-and-market-share-microsoft-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-63771 Terry Whalen Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:18:34 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=5519#comment-63771 Hi Corneliu, You are right - I am a Google addict - they are really good at what they do in terms of relevance and user experience. I've actually been spending more time with Bing for the last 3+ weeks since I wrote this post, and - despite myself - I have come to rather like Bing. For the record, a friend that works at MSN adCenter pointed out that the (seemingly poor) yahoo php developer network result that was #2 when I searched on 'yahoo developers' was actually the #4 result on Google for the same search query. So, to be clear, Bing is still pretty new, and my opinion of Bing has improved in the interim. Having said that, I still don't think Bing will take any meaningful share from Google - but that's conjecture - time will tell. If you have used AdWords and adCenter I don't think you can disagree that there is no comparison. We can and do manage ppc campaigns using adCenter, but it is tedious and frustrating experience. So, that is a big issue for advertisers. In relative terms, I think adCenter will very likely be a less-efficient interface for advertisers for a long time to come. Lastly, it's a small point but the 'broken ad' has nothing to do with how the advertiser wrote the ad - it has only to do with how microsoft displays the ad. Of course this was not my "main concern," it was just something that was prominent on a bing results page so seemed worth calling out. Thanks for your comments - it's feedback like yours that has encouraged me to take a 2nd (and 3rd, 4th & 5th) look at Bing with a less-jaundiced eye! Hi Corneliu,

You are right – I am a Google addict – they are really good at what they do in terms of relevance and user experience.

I’ve actually been spending more time with Bing for the last 3+ weeks since I wrote this post, and – despite myself – I have come to rather like Bing. For the record, a friend that works at MSN adCenter pointed out that the (seemingly poor) yahoo php developer network result that was #2 when I searched on ‘yahoo developers’ was actually the #4 result on Google for the same search query. So, to be clear, Bing is still pretty new, and my opinion of Bing has improved in the interim.

Having said that, I still don’t think Bing will take any meaningful share from Google – but that’s conjecture – time will tell.

If you have used AdWords and adCenter I don’t think you can disagree that there is no comparison. We can and do manage ppc campaigns using adCenter, but it is tedious and frustrating experience. So, that is a big issue for advertisers. In relative terms, I think adCenter will very likely be a less-efficient interface for advertisers for a long time to come.

Lastly, it’s a small point but the ‘broken ad’ has nothing to do with how the advertiser wrote the ad – it has only to do with how microsoft displays the ad. Of course this was not my “main concern,” it was just something that was prominent on a bing results page so seemed worth calling out.

Thanks for your comments – it’s feedback like yours that has encouraged me to take a 2nd (and 3rd, 4th & 5th) look at Bing with a less-jaundiced eye!

]]> By: Corneliu http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/07/bing-buzz-and-market-share-microsoft-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-63649 Corneliu Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:41:51 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=5519#comment-63649 Well, I have to say that you really used your chance to prove that you are a Google addict and that's where you stopped. I guess it's good to get one more extra link to your site. Anyway, I've used to use Google for a long time but since Bing was released I have to say my experience was more than positive. A simple page like Image search is superbly done compared to Google's. Oh, in 2 months Google will do the same virtual-endless scrolling and everyone will give them another stamp for "innovation". How about integration with products searches and prices, and page tooltip on the result links to help you better understand if that link is the one you were looking for? But I guess your main issue is that you can’t manage adds for people because of its self-service interface so for that it’s worth a bashing isn’t it. I hope that will be improved and maybe even have new innovations the way the search was. All in due time. A broken ad done by a lazy company that didn't test its ads is your main concern? I'll leave with that  Regards, Corneliu. Well, I have to say that you really used your chance to prove that you are a Google addict and that’s where you stopped. I guess it’s good to get one more extra link to your site.
Anyway, I’ve used to use Google for a long time but since Bing was released I have to say my experience was more than positive.
A simple page like Image search is superbly done compared to Google’s. Oh, in 2 months Google will do the same virtual-endless scrolling and everyone will give them another stamp for “innovation”.
How about integration with products searches and prices, and page tooltip on the result links to help you better understand if that link is the one you were looking for?
But I guess your main issue is that you can’t manage adds for people because of its self-service interface so for that it’s worth a bashing isn’t it.
I hope that will be improved and maybe even have new innovations the way the search was. All in due time.
A broken ad done by a lazy company that didn’t test its ads is your main concern? I’ll leave with that 
Regards,
Corneliu.

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