Why Christians should use Bing instead of Google

Google and Bing ^ | 4/4/2010 | Google - Bing

[for-q-clinton]

Please look at this link: http://www.google.com

and compare it to http://www.bing.com

What did you notice? Google once again is slapping Christians in the face by not representing our holidays. While they will celebrate Muslim holidays and ignore Good Friday in favor of a writer that died decades ago (or was it centuries), bing.com honors the Christian holidays and gives insight into our traditions and faith.

If you don't start using Bing.com they can't improve their search engine to be better than google's. They need the trafic volume so they can analyze the searches to imporve them (as google does). Bing.com is pretty good and I use it as first try. If it fails then I may try google.com.

[for-q-clinton]

I don’t know about cell phones. Does windows mobile or android advertise Christian or muslim holidays?

[Mom MD]

How does a picture of ducklings honor the Christian faith? I know google does not represent or mention Christian holidays, but the bing recognition is about as generic as it gets. I don’t think either one gets points for this.

[for-q-clinton]

Yes they are and if you click on the boxes around the page you will find out what things such as the easter egg represent. And that today is Easter.

I can tell you must not use Bing much, but then I guess not a lot of people do so it’s understandable. The cool thing is everyday is a different picture with little pop-up boxes with interesting facts or questions that drive you to find out more.

So this is prefect. Some might be saying what’s up with the ducklings and they may not know what the easter egg represents. So they click on it and wammo they now get a little education on Easter. I’d say that’s pretty good Easter marketing for the masses. Not in your face, but subtle and by the time you figure out what you’re reading you now realize Bing is honoring Christian holidays.

[for-q-clinton]

Big freakin' deal. On past Easter Sundays, Google has put up Easter graphics

Really? I had searched for the past 5 years and saw nothing. What year did Google put up Easter images? And why did they stop? Maybe I missed them, but can you provide me a link to the doodle the put up: http://www.google.com/logos/index.html

[for-q-clinton]

Click on the callouts on the page. It explains what the easter egg represents (rebirth of Christ) and that today is one of the Holiest Christian days.

[Revolting cat!]

Bing + Google = Booger!

[HardStarboard]

>>>Bing is Better.<<<

Not in my experience - I may hate Google for what they represent and their leftist stance....but it is far superior to Bing in getting results.

I also use Ask.com - particularly if something politically sensetive doesn't show up on Goog.

[HardStarboard]

>>>... a significant amount of those funds end up in support of progressive UN programs.<<<

I can't stand Microsoft almost as much as I dislike the UN...both provide generally inferior products.

That said: the Gates Foundation funding to the UN does account for some good - one of their main programs is providing hundreds of thousands of pesticide impregnated sleeping nets to help stop the spread of malaria in Africa.

Hard to demonize that particular program.

[Slings and Arrows]

Nice illustration.

[dayglored]

One of the first special logos they posted was the one for Easter 2000:

which was accompanied by this animated Easter Bunny game for kids:
http://www.google.com/Easter/feature_easter.html.

As I recall, they re-used that logo again in some later years since 2000 -- they just didn't create a second logo, so it doesn't show up as another entry in their logo list.

FWIW, I am disappointed they didn't post it this year. Why didn't they? I have no idea.

My real point, however, was that rather than take Google to task about it, and say "Christians should not use Google", you posted your screed as "Christians should use Bing".

That's why I believe you are a Microsoft shill. No offense intended, even shills have a purpose, though at the moment only God knows it. :)

[Mygirlsmom]

I use Goodsearch. Takes a penny per search and directs it toward the charity of your choice. Believe it or not, there are a few conservative ones listed amongst the "save the whales" nonsense and such.

My pennies from Google go toward the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes.

[big'ol_freeper]

Um...hello....where do you think Gates gets most of his “personal money “?

[JDoutrider]

I just tried the scroogle scraper... I LIKE it! Thanks for the link!

[Alas Babylon!]

If you're using Internet Explorer, go to Tools. Select Internet Options from the bottom of the content menu. Then select the Programs tab. From the program tab, select “Manage Add-ons”. Then, on the left hand side, select the hyper link for “Search Providers”. From this, you can select (highlight) Bing from the list of search providers, and then click the “remove” button from the bottom. Also on this page, in the lower left, is a hyper link that says “Find more search providers”.

It's just a computer. In most cases, there are numerous configurations you can make, that will let you set your preferences. Microsoft makes the software (Windows and Internet Explorer) so I guess they get to set the default options if the user doesn't chose anything. But you can undo that by clicking it all away, to your own style and preference.

[for-q-clinton]

Well google has stopped recognizing Christian holidays...Why? While Bing still honors them even on today’s page.

Not a Microsoft Shill, but what other big website honors Christian holidays as Bing does. Yahoo is more like going to msn, so it really doesn’t compare. Google and Bing both honor special days of the year and to google I guess Easter just isn’t that special. Where as on Bing it is.

You decide...is that being a Microsoft shill? Or is it just pointing out the obvious? BTW: Even fox and friends have done simliar stories so are they Microsoft shills too?

[for-q-clinton]

From Microsoft stock that he has sold years and years ago. Have you seen the MS stock price? It really hasn’t done him much good the last several years.

[max americana]

>I use bing, but Bryn at Google has behaved admirably re china.
**

Google gave, and sent their own execs, especially Schmidt to the Obowma campaign. The reason why they picked a fight with the Chicoms is not due to “freedom” of whatever baloney they concocted, ..

was ONLY because eric schmidt of Google is now Obowma’s tech czar and they couldn;’t make a dent into China.

The stock price of Baidu (the Chicom Google) is HIGHER than Google and those Google fools couldn;t take it.

[Republic of Texas]

Microsoft or Google? They both support Godless socialists.

[for-q-clinton]

And which IT company / Search engine doesn’t?

This isn’t about liberal or conservative as much as it is about the Christian faith. Google has dissed Easter for years now while Bing honors it.

Rush uses an Apple although they are probably the most liberal of all the computer manufactures.

All major companies now give gay partner benefits, so do we choose not to do business with all of them? Obviously not. But if there are two comparable products and one is made by anti-Christian themed company and one is made by a pro-Christian theme which one should you choose?

It’s all marketing, but to not acknowledge easter is a slap in the face to Christianity. I’m not saying they have to bible versus on the landing page or pictures of Jesus, but at least acknowledge the holiday.

[for-q-clinton]

And Microsoft has won awards for its support of the US Military. Google hasn’t.

So let’s see:
Microsoft supports the troops and they support Christianity.

Those are pretty good conservative creds to me. What was your point again?