Bing vs Google Search

Discussions compare Bing and Google search quality, with users debating Bing's effectiveness, inferiority claims, and its role as backend for services like DuckDuckGo and Yahoo.

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OP DDG bingapis.com DuckDuckGo API bing search google results search results microsoft results google search engine use search google does

Sample Comments

criddell • Apr 17, 2023 • View on HN

I suspect some people google for things on Bing.

dylan604 • Sep 25, 2018 • View on HN

What kind of queries with Bing (or DDG for other users) gives results that suggest you need to switch to Google?

DenisM • Jan 21, 2010 • View on HN

By which measure is Bing inferior to Google? Other than what you 'know'.

fx32s • Oct 15, 2018 • View on HN

Does this mean Bing is already doing this?

bhaney • May 23, 2024 • View on HN

Bing is down and the rest of those use Bing for results?

londons_explore • Mar 30, 2023 • View on HN

This is only bing - we aint talkin Google here.

pasttense01 • Nov 19, 2019 • View on HN

Anyone compare Bing vs Google for searches recently?

JonChesterfield • Feb 3, 2023 • View on HN

I'm seeing a consensus on do use Microsoft bing which just can't be right

atom058 • Jan 25, 2023 • View on HN

They get their search results from Bing

jtagx • Nov 18, 2021 • View on HN

Looks like they are using Bing / Microsoft for their search