Comments on: Bing Goes The Internet http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bing-goes-the-internet The musings of Martin "FredFredrickson" Crownover Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Acneboy http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 Acneboy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:32:33 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5888 Bing search engine gives almost the same search results as Google. Looks like Google will now have a tough competition when it comes to search engine technology. Bing search engine gives almost the same search results as Google. Looks like Google will now have a tough competition when it comes to search engine technology.

]]> By: George http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5832 George Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:58:45 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5832 i have been evaluating the search results of Microsoft Bing compared to Google and they are comparable. Bing gives almost the same relevant search results just like Google. i have been evaluating the search results of Microsoft Bing compared to Google and they are comparable. Bing gives almost the same relevant search results just like Google.

]]> By: melatoninlady http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5775 melatoninlady Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:03:51 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5775 Microsoft Bing would be the closet competitor of Google. but i still use Google because it shows more relevant results on the serp. Microsoft Bing would be the closet competitor of Google. but i still use Google because it shows more relevant results on the serp.

]]> By: Zakreon http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5677 Zakreon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:05:50 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5677 It has its interesting aspects, but for some reason I just can't bring myself away from Google. The over-simplicity of Google is just too much to let go of. On the issue of the text stretching, it seems like they primarily did it in order to separate the logo from the text on the screen. And when you are looking at the text page previews (very, very nifty) there can be a lot of text on the screen, but the logo always looks like a logo. It has its interesting aspects, but for some reason I just can’t bring myself away from Google. The over-simplicity of Google is just too much to let go of.

On the issue of the text stretching, it seems like they primarily did it in order to separate the logo from the text on the screen. And when you are looking at the text page previews (very, very nifty) there can be a lot of text on the screen, but the logo always looks like a logo.

]]> By: SunnyKatt http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5674 SunnyKatt Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:19:03 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5674 I see your point. Scaling, I guess, is a nice way to add your own look on a font. But instead I think they should have customized the font shape itself rather than scaled it. The way it is stretched looked really hideous to me - it looks like someone gently compressed it like they would a thigh master. I see your point. Scaling, I guess, is a nice way to add your own look on a font. But instead I think they should have customized the font shape itself rather than scaled it. The way it is stretched looked really hideous to me – it looks like someone gently compressed it like they would a thigh master.

]]> By: Martin http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5672 Martin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:10:06 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5672 As a designer myself, and someone who currently works on product packaging and advertisement pieces almost every day, I respectfully disagree with you (and your link), SunnyKatt. There's nothing particularly amateurish about scaling a font, especially for a logo. In fact, I would argue that it's more of an amateur move not to; by changing the typeface slightly, they ensured that their site's logo has a unique look to it. They took a familiar font and made it their own. Wouldn't you find it horribly generic to just take a simple font, type out "bing", and call that a finished logo? As a designer myself, and someone who currently works on product packaging and advertisement pieces almost every day, I respectfully disagree with you (and your link), SunnyKatt. There’s nothing particularly amateurish about scaling a font, especially for a logo. In fact, I would argue that it’s more of an amateur move not to; by changing the typeface slightly, they ensured that their site’s logo has a unique look to it. They took a familiar font and made it their own. Wouldn’t you find it horribly generic to just take a simple font, type out “bing”, and call that a finished logo?

]]> By: SunnyKatt http://blog.martincrownover.com/2009/08/06/bing-goes-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-5671 SunnyKatt Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:14:37 +0000 http://blog.martincrownover.com/?p=1234#comment-5671 The thing that pisses me off about bing the most is the logo. Its stretched beyond decent proportions (http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/bing_sets_new_record_in_horizo.php) and because of that it looks so ameteur and wrong every time they slap it somewhere. I can't bear to look at it, and I don't know how it slipped past microsoft's art department. The thing that pisses me off about bing the most is the logo. Its stretched beyond decent proportions (http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/bing_sets_new_record_in_horizo.php) and because of that it looks so ameteur and wrong every time they slap it somewhere. I can’t bear to look at it, and I don’t know how it slipped past microsoft’s art department.

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