Comments on: Why does Bing give such bizarre search results. http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin Clark http://tribeswell.com/why-does-bing-give-such-bizarre-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:11:09 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-427 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-page-1/#comment-340 Colin Clark Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:11:09 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-340 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-page-1/#comment-338 rickwilkerson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:20 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-338 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-page-1/#comment-337 Colin Clark Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:37:54 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-337 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-page-1/#comment-336 rickwilkerson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://tribeswell.com/?p=1149#comment-336 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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