I feel like it’s dying and the people I know say they use Google or duck duck go.

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    I do. I use several search engines, but depending on the topic, Bing returns accurate results, especially since they integrated Bing Chat (their AI).

    And I’m not alone.

    Google a) is littered with ads, sponsored and overly SEOified results and b) has too much dominance.

    So I use Bing, Ecosia (which uses Bing) and a number of other search engines.

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      Same here. It costs me more seconds to mentally filter out the Google Ads.

      Most of my searches are combined with wiki, reddit or some other keyword to help find the result I am looking for.

      I need to scroll less with bing to get to the first wiki article.

      I also like bingGPT for the more advanced queries.

      Some of my devices have Bing as default, otherwise DuchDuckGo or Google.

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Yes, I use Bing. I got sick of Google’s ads, not to mention having to click through two pages of useless boosted links. Bing is quicker and cleaner.

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    2 years ago

    Yes, I’ve been using Bing as my search engine for several years. At first I started using it because I was able to earn points for searches with Microsoft Rewards, but now I just use it because I like it.

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      2 years ago

      Same here. Never had a problem finding what I need and generally prefer the interface. Getting corporate results on my work system is also pretty awesome.

  • Maharashtra@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Yes. I work in corporate environment that uses very restrictive approach to websurfing. Because of that I’m using Edge and Bing while working.

    I can find what I want there, but that’s about it.

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      I can find what I want there, but that’s about it.

      To be fair, nowadays that’s the highest praise a search engine will get. No one will make it easy to find stuff anymore. Being possible is the best you get.

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      2 years ago

      Much like Edge is a good browser to download other browsers, Bing is a good place to test if the internet is working.

      I rarely go there and don’t have much if anything cashed, so I know I’m getting bakery fresh internet

  • Madbrad200@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’ve tried alternative search engines but IMO nothing can beat Google.

    Qwant is the only one I felt like was of similar quality.

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      2 years ago

      I love how bing is the only AI capable of ending a conversation with you on its own. Pure savagery.

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      2 years ago

      If you don’t think bing rewards are that great, you can always tell Microsoft to send a small amount of money to a charity instead of getting the rewards.

  • jerry@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I love Bing, rewards is nice, and the results are less manipulated than google

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    2 years ago

    I use Google with DuckDuckGo as a backup if I ever wanted to search something that google likes to censor (like “how to downloading a car”).

  • solidsnake2085@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I was using bing for a little, switched to DuckDuckGo and now I’m using Kagi. I used the free trial and it was pretty sweet. Just seeing if the $5 a month plan is usable for me. If not I’ll probably switch to a different search engine.