Microsoft trying to buy market share for bing

Sailor Sam

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Nov 24, 2009, 2:56:14 PM11/24/09

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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/23/microsoft-will-pay-content-providers-to-shun-google-get-in-bed/

Personally I don't think this is a winner, but it does show to what
lengths Microsoft is having to go to, to dethrone Google.

I have an idea for Microsoft, how about making a decent search engine,
you think that might be a winning strategy?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Nov 24, 2009, 6:34:37 PM11/24/09

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In message <hehdp2$l3p$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, Sailor Sam wrote:

> Personally I don't think this is a winner, but it does show to what
> lengths Microsoft is having to go to, to dethrone Google.

People have already figured out how to game the cashback offer. Turns out
the pixel-tracking system is flawed. And some merchants are showing higher
prices for their products if you find them via Bing.

<http://techdirt.com/articles/20091114/1839216938.shtml>

Me

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Nov 24, 2009, 6:49:35 PM11/24/09

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I've another idea - change it - so that it considers itself more
relevant than Harry Crosby:
http://tinyurl.com/yzznkgo

Nathan Mercer

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Nov 24, 2009, 7:56:25 PM11/24/09

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On Nov 25, 12:49 pm, Me <u...@domain.invalid> wrote:
> Sailor Sam wrote:
> >http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/23/microsoft-will-pay-content-pr...

>
> > Personally I don't think this is a winner, but it does show to what
> > lengths Microsoft is having to go to, to dethrone Google.
>
> > I have an idea for Microsoft, how about making a decent search engine,
> > you think that might be a winning strategy?
>
> I've another idea - change it - so that it considers itself more
> relevant than Harry Crosby:http://tinyurl.com/yzznkgo

What do you have the Bing country search settings set to (top right
corner)

For both NZ and USA, with that query you mentioned, I see www.bing.com
as the first entry in both queries

Sailor Sam

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Nov 24, 2009, 7:59:07 PM11/24/09

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I think that was his point ;)

Nathan Mercer

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Nov 24, 2009, 8:37:52 PM11/24/09

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> I think that was his point ;)-

what am I missing?

"change it - so that it considers itself more relevant than Harry
Crosby"

but when I issue that search query, it does already consider itself
more relevant than Mr Crosby

Sailor Sam

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Nov 24, 2009, 8:46:19 PM11/24/09

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Nathan Mercer wrote:
> On Nov 25, 1:59 pm, Sailor Sam <hiho...@merry.oh> wrote:
>> Nathan Mercer wrote:
>>> On Nov 25, 12:49 pm, Me <u...@domain.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Sailor Sam wrote:
>>>>> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/23/microsoft-will-pay-content-pr...
>>>>> Personally I don't think this is a winner, but it does show to what
>>>>> lengths Microsoft is having to go to, to dethrone Google.
>>>>> I have an idea for Microsoft, how about making a decent search engine,
>>>>> you think that might be a winning strategy?
>>>> I've another idea - change it - so that it considers itself more
>>>> relevant than Harry Crosby:http://tinyurl.com/yzznkgo
>>> What do you have the Bing country search settings set to (top right
>>> corner)
>>> For both NZ and USA, with that query you mentioned, I seewww.bing.com
>>> as the first entry in both queries
>> I think that was his point ;)-
>
> what am I missing?
>

Not that I am pretending to speak for 'Me', but, one interpretation is

> "change it - so that it considers itself more relevant than Harry
> Crosby"
>

Sarcasm.

Me

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Nov 25, 2009, 5:31:21 PM11/25/09

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I'm not quite as deviously cynical as you suggest.
Bing defaulted to UK. So, set to NZ, removed cookies, and it defaults
back to UK. I think Google is smarter than that - no?

Me

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Nov 25, 2009, 5:39:04 PM11/25/09

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Curious question for conspiracy theorists, the background picture
changes when you change country preference. The picture I get for NZ
features a tower in the foreground:
http://i47.tinypic.com/8vztqw.jpg

There's an "evil eye" on the tower.
What /could/ that mean.

Sailor Sam

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:30:16 AM11/26/09

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Heh, apologies to Nathan.

Nathan Mercer

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Nov 28, 2009, 5:37:44 PM11/28/09

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Bing isn't officially launched in the NZ market, it is still in beta -
also you probably have your browser (Firefox?) language settings set
to English UK

Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Nov 28, 2009, 6:58:47 PM11/28/09

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In message <8c7b88b2-
d259-4aac-99b...@x16g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>, Nathan Mercer
wrote:

> Bing isn't officially launched in the NZ market ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s the “World-Wide Web”, not the “Country-
Specific Web”. When something is available on the Web, it’s available to the
whole world.

Maybe that’s why Microsoft has had so much trouble with the Web, because it
hasn’t been able to grasp this basic point?

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Biggles

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Nov 29, 2009, 5:52:41 AM11/29/09

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On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:26:16 +0000, Carnations wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:37:44 -0800, Nathan Mercer wrote:
>
>> Bing isn't officially launched in the NZ market, it is still in beta -
>

> Hmmm...
>
> That is a very normal pattern for Microsoft - release it and then fix
> the worst of the obvious bugs afterwards once people complain about them
> loudly enough. That way people think that Microsoft is giving good
> customer support for its hideously flawed software.
>

Are you referring to that pulse audio crap Lennier ...

What they must be over 3 years behind the windows and Mac world with
their half baked linux audio...I think you just about describe every OSS
project on the planet. Your a fucking clueless hypocrite.

Biggless..ZZ