Who doesn't know search engines? We use them practically every single day, and they almost always lead us to the results we seek. But, does every search engine do their job with the same level of quality and efficiency, or do they differ? To answer this question, I have decided to compare two big ones: Bing, the more recent reincarnation of Microsoft's Live Search, and Google, perhaps the most well known of all search engines and a veritable titan of it's field. LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE!!!
Bing, being the reborn form of Live Search, is a Microsoft-backed search service that provides for all the usual amenities. It offers a usually reliable search performance, and the images aren't too bad either. Searching within other sites with it, such as using the little search bar that appears under YouTube's top search result, will take you to that site's own search page, which is nice.
Google, the most well-known of all search engines, has a bit more going for it. You can customize your search results based on relevancy, how long ago the search result was discovered by Google's bots, and by size if you're searching through the images. There's also a few fun little easter eggs to be found (type in 'askew' for example, and the results page will be tilted).
My personal vote in all this goes to Google, honestly. Sorry Bing, I just don't like you as much!
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