Thought I’d check out Bing’s view of the world, since it recently became 11% of search by some accounts. And, I have to say – bing [sic] it on, as more search provider options can only be a good thing.
So, Bing’s alphabetis unsurprisingly mainly the sames as Google’s, apart from the following, notable exceptions (I’ve excluded most of the entries that are either the same or very similar). The listings are first (second) – and then Google’s for comparison.
- bing (bank of america) – best buy (bank of america)
- google (gmail) – gmail (google maps)
- irs.gov (itunes) – imdb (itunes)
- netflix (nascar) – netflix (nfl.com)
- orbitz (office depot) – office depot (opm)
- pogo (pandora) – pandora (photobucket)
- utube (usps) – usps (ups)
- www.google.com (walmart) – walmart (weather)
- zipcodes (zillow) – zillow (zappos)
And for numbers:
- 2009 calendar (2012) - 2010 calendar (2012)
- 53.com (50 cent) – 500 days of summer (50 cent)
- 7 wonders world (7 zip) – 7zip (7deadly sins)
- 89 (84 lumber) – 80’s music (80’s fashion)
- 9 news (93x) – 90210 (92.3)
In summary, people who use bing are more worried about a year behind (2009 calendar instead of 2010), taxes (irs.gov), travel (orbitz), nascar instead of NFL, and finding their way back to www.google.com…
Also, bingers want to know about the 7 wonders of the world, googlers about the 7 deadly sins. Huh.
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Start typing something into google, and the now established “autocomplete” or live suggestions or whatever it’s called today pops up. I thought I’d take a look at the Zeitgeist, and see what each letter brings (and the #2 result in brackets). All pretty big-brand, although the second most common search beginning with an “r” is “reverse phone lookup”? Seems like an unanswered mega-site right there.
UPDATE: Since posting this, it’s been pointed out to me that there are only 2 humans in the list (Tiger Woods and Lady Gaga, good going!), although they are both second placers. Have a look at Mark and Darren’s excellent BLN blog to see versions from other countries.
UPDATE2: Added some numbers and characters – and notice that Google Ads now appear in the autocomplete (try typing in 000 (i.e. three zeros) into the google.com homepage…
- amazon (aol)
- best buy (bank of america)
- craigslist (cnn)
- dictionary (disney channel)
- ebay (espn)
- facebook (facebook login)
- gmail (google maps)
- hotmail (hulu)
- imdb (itunes)
- jcpenney (jet blue)
- kohls (kmart)
- lowes (lady gaga)
- myspace (mapquest)
- netflix (nfl.com)
- office depot (opm)
- pandora (photobucket)
- qvc (quotes)
- realtor.com (reverse phone lookup)
- southwest airlines (sears)
- target (tiger woods)
- usps (ups)
- verizon wireless (victoria secret)
- walmart (weather)
- xbox 360 (xm radio)
- youtube (yahoo)
- zillow (zappos)
So what about numbers?
- 12 days of christmas (123 greetings)
- 2010 calendar (2012)
- 30 rock (3 lyrics)
- 4chan (411)
- 500 days of summer (50 cent)
- 60 minutes (6abc)
- 7zip (7deadly sins)
- 80′s music (80′s fashion)
- 90210 (92.3)
- 0 balance transfer (007)
And I guess I should do the other common characters too…
- .net framework (.net framework 3.5)
- @properties (@live.com)
-   (&hearts)
- ¬_¬ (¬ alt code)
- ?, !, “, $, %, *, ), (, ~, # etc – nothing…
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