Comments on: Why does Bing give such bizarre search results. http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-440 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:11:09 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-440 Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different. Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different.

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-444 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:11:09 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-444 Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different. Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different.

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-805 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-805 Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different. Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different.

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-439 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:11:09 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-439 Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different. Exactly, contenders in the search space need to think about being different so they can be better, not just different for the sake of being different.

]]> By: rickwilkerson http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-443 rickwilkerson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:31:20 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-443 Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different's sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value.<br><br>Speaking of domain age, yeah, that's about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-) Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different's sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value.

Speaking of domain age, yeah, that's about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-)

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-442 Colin Clark Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:37:54 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-442 Yeah it's kink of funny to me that Google's competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another.<br><br>It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that's not possible, but it would be interesting.<br><br>Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant. Yeah it's kink of funny to me that Google's competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another.

It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that's not possible, but it would be interesting.

Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-804 Anonymous Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-804 Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different's sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value. Speaking of domain age, yeah, that's about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-) Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different’s sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value.

Speaking of domain age, yeah, that’s about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-)

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-803 Colin Clark Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:37:00 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-803 Yeah it's kink of funny to me that Google's competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another. It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that's not possible, but it would be interesting. Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant. Yeah it’s kink of funny to me that Google’s competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another.

It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that’s not possible, but it would be interesting.

Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant.

]]> By: rickwilkerson http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-438 rickwilkerson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:20 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-438 Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different's sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value.<br><br>Speaking of domain age, yeah, that's about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-) Actually I like the idea of the competition trying different algorithms but they need to be innovative and sensible, not just different for different's sake. Without Google reinventing search, we might still be stuck playing with Meta tag cramming and other stupid search tricks instead of building actual site value.

Speaking of domain age, yeah, that's about as relevant as Meta tags. ;-)

]]> By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-437 Colin Clark Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:37:54 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-437 Yeah it's kink of funny to me that Google's competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another.<br><br>It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that's not possible, but it would be interesting.<br><br>Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant. Yeah it's kink of funny to me that Google's competitors think they can rewrite the search engine value curve with new algorithms. It is extremely difficult to pull users off one engine to start using another.

It would be easier for people to pick a search engine if they all used the same algorithm and just had different user interfaces. I know that's not possible, but it would be interesting.

Still, it makes no sense to put so much stock in domain name age. These days it is becoming almost irrelevant.

]]> By: rickwilkerson http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-441 rickwilkerson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:53:21 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-441 Well, that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I'm constantly having to go to the "recent results" tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap.<br><br>Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it. Well, that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I'm constantly having to go to the “recent results” tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap.

Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-802 Anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:53:00 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-802 Well, that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I'm constantly having to go to the "recent results" tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap. Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it. Well, that doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I’m constantly having to go to the “recent results” tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap.

Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it.

]]> By: rickwilkerson http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/#comment-436 rickwilkerson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-436 Well, that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I'm constantly having to go to the "recent results" tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap.<br><br>Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it. Well, that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Relevance = relevance, not longevity. Google has a similar issue but not to that degree so far as i can tell. I'm constantly having to go to the “recent results” tab in Google searches in order to avoid old, outdated crap.

Bing should re-weight the algorithm to give more strength to the actual domain rather than older domains linking to it.

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