I think that Bing is getting to be close to Google in effectiveness. I tried it for a while, then switched back to Google. I don't know if the feature that annoys Billy exists, or can be turned off, on Bing.
Chris PS Ernie, I am sure you hated to mention Bing. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernie Prabhakar Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] anyone here use Ask.com for web searches ? I hate to say it, but have you tried bing.com? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:18, [email protected] wrote: I have been trying to find a search service to replace Google ever since their new format was introduced --which I find to be a major distraction and not only unhelpful, but utterly stupid as a design feature. I cannot think of ANY Google suggestions that have been relevant to the work that I do, none at all. In other words, their market of choice seems to consist of kids or hausfraus, etc. who have strictly pop culture interests But Ask.com may have its own problems. Each time I try to access a site the only option is to download the material --without first being able to see it WTH ? How do I know if I want to add still more stuff to my download files without first seeing it ? Anyway, even then, I don't want to download at all. I ( almost ) never download anything. Close to 100 % of all my files are e-mail format, which, on aol, is a great system, E-Z to use, fast, etc, downloads are an impediment. Is Ask.com now a download only system or am I just unlucky with the sites I happen to have selected today ? Thanx Billy -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
