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I was drawn here because of the reference to Roachdale, IN as the (impossible to change!) default weather location in this new combination of MSN.com / Bing. I have users asking me why we can't get the local weather to remain as the default. Oddly, I also live in Lexington, KY!!!

I love Google, but Bing has added something others in the field have overlooked. Since Bing came into being(pardon the phrase),I am a very regular user because of the simplicity of it's features. I can add all my URLS, Websites etc., to my heart's content without having to to go through the messy stuff of linking,back logging, registriging,up-grading membership and all that BULL just to be listed.

We all have to look at new ways of doing this other wise we are left behind in what is called -progress. I think Google has to look at this new concept and come up with something to match it - or be left behind.
LOVE them both -BUT?

The results still differ for my site and known keywords I use. Google ranks them in the top 5. Bing doesnt even have them on the first page!

My content is sound but the sites in the bing results are sites linking to my sites. Admittedly, they all have a higher Google PR than my site but how come Bing picks up the anchor text on the linking sites and works from that as opposed to the actual site they're linking to!

I tried out Bing, and possibly on the first day it appeared, or right soon after. And I was astonished! It was a real surprise. It was great. It worked really good. I figure, they musta had many many spiders working for some time, to be able gather sites up on the net to the extent that would make Bing be able to do its thing. Bing, bing, bing.

Me, I have never cared for any other Search Engine, but, GOOGLE... just like most of the rest of the online peeps.

AND.... if spite of liking Bing, as much as I did, I still use GOOGLE.

Why?

It's handy. It's familiar.... and it works just fine, for me, thank you.

Later on, one day, when I have nothing better to do (if that ever happens), I might put the two SEARCH engines to a comparison test searching for specialized items of particular personal interest.... and see which one then serves me best. Right now, I feel such a test would be way too soon. I'll wait for 'em to battle it out for a while.

One thing that GOOGLE really has going for it is the new GOOGLE Chrome browser. I've preferred to use FIREFOX for years. But it has recently been falling into a "Not Responding" mode too much of the time, like, for minutes at a time, over and over, on both my older and newer computers.... running XP. I keep Windows Task Manager at hand, so I can tell what's going on.... like, in consideration of just WHY a page seems to be opening so slow.. and so I can kill an app (say, Firefox) the fastest, cleanest, and bestest way -- using the running Processes list.

Chrome is like THE browser for the new Century. It's really modern styled, and has all the special functions that Firefox has, such as the built-in spell-checker, and various things which IE doesn't, and which I am accustomed to using, plus, a whole lot more neat new tricks. And since a strong integration of GOOGLE Chrome with an updated GOOGLE Search engine is sure to evolve, even beyond what already exists, Microsoft is going to be finally forced to develop a browser at least as good as what FIREFOX used to be. But, I don't expect to see an MS browser anywhere near as good as Chrome anytime within the next ten years, if ever. And that situation will naturally effect the status of Bing during all that time.

Right now, few know just how good Chrome is, but that will be fast changing.... and will be further supportive of the good ol' GOOGLE Search engine.

I say, I see little chance of any one ever catching up with GOOGLE (in all its forms).

So.... no matter how much Bing Bong Bing noise MS makes on the telly, I'll likely continue to google GOOGLE... 'less Bing can come up with an altogether marvelous new idea which I'll be needing to take advantage of.

I changed to BING because I was sick of getting 1st page results with news, videos, you-tube, plays, government sites, etc. for every thing I wanted to buy. Bing cuts straight to the chase and the side bar info on the page is great.

The main thing I hate about Google is they think their $hit don't stink. You make one mistake with your website and they yank you out your position with no warning or explaination. You think they would be kind enough to let you know. Most people aren't experts in SEO, let alone able to afford one that is and then you don't know if your getting one that's practising black hat techniques. You can't tell me that Google doesn't know when someone makes a mistake compared to when someone is trying to use a black hat technique. I hope Bing takes out Google. I know there are lots of other people out there that Google has harmed.

Bing Sucks!

Bing is good, Google is good. Regardless of my contempt for MS, competition is good for business !

I found Bing refreshing and lately, Google a bit stale.

Lets the games begin.... again.

More is better.

Things have a habit of snowballing. Bing is good, but I am not going to jump a ship that is not sinking. Google is still the one to benchmark against,"Yes"?

When I start seeing Bing showing up in the analytics..(does bing have analytics?) as a top referer, then I will start to worry about optimizing for it.
I wish Bing all the luck because competition will only serve to help the end user.

I've had never heard of bing before this news release. I will have to look into it and see for myself what kind of potential this platform holds.