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josh_bodner
Former Employee
Jan 08, 2020

Dev channel update to 81.0.381.0 is live

Welcome to the new year!  Today we’re releasing build 81.0.381.0 to the Dev Channel, which as you can see is the first new build from major version 81.  We haven’t been completely asleep during the h...
HotCakeX's avatar
HotCakeX
MVP
Jan 09, 2020
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Drew1903 wrote:

"Bing, search results are similar to Google anyways."  If not often even better.  REALLY discovering Bing can be really delightful.

Most of the time, when I want a quick answer to my question, Google does it better.

instead of going to a website to find my answer, simply by typing my question, Google shows the answer at top.

Bing does this too of course but a lot less often.

 

Bing has lots of ads, usually the first 4-5 results of my searches are ads that are unrelated.

 

I even had an experience when I searched to download Microsoft Edge insider and I got an add at the very top of the page saying download Google chrome. lol

 

Bing also is annoying with their safe searches. they categorize some ridiculous words and phrases as unsafe.

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viniciusbezerra
Iron Contributor
Jan 10, 2020
this excess of advertisements contributes to me going back to Google
    • viniciusbezerra's avatar
      viniciusbezerra
      Iron Contributor
      Jan 12, 2020
      Bing shows more ads than Google, right from the start, it's a little bother looking for something and the main results is someone trying to sell you something
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        Drew1903
        Silver Contributor
        Jan 12, 2020

        viniciusbezerra 

        Ok.  Somehow I've not seen or notice any of that on Bing search pages, at all.  Hence, it being one big reason (of many) why I, personally, use & prefer Bing.  I wish Bing.com home page was the NTP, rather than just only using basic Bing search bar; would, then, also, have Bing Visual Search which, is fantastic! 

        When we Bing Insiders meet monthly we often remark on the lack of ads at the top of search pages before actual results, that people don't like or want, with Bing compared to other search engine pages.  And how that is another thing making Bing attractive & appealing.

        There are several things about Bing that make me, at least, quite happy that it is the 'primary' (for lack of a better word) search engine in Edge.

        Here's an example; "Look, Ma, no ads".


        Cheers,
        Drew

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Jan 10, 2020

      Drew1903 

       

      one of the Billions of examples

       

       

      Now compare it to Google results

       

       

      Boom, no more messing around with ads and getting misled, straight to the correct result, at top.

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 10, 2020

    viniciusbezerra 

    viniciusbezerra wrote:
    this excess of advertisements contributes to me going back to Google

    Yeah, I expected that more from Google than Microsoft but it's actually the other way around..

    • asdy4's avatar
      asdy4
      Steel Contributor
      Jan 10, 2020
      Look's very cheap as well.
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    eshudnowpersonal
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 10, 2020

    I can't sign in on either of my computers with this latest update.  The account I am using to sign in is an Office 365/Azure AD Account that is workplace joined.  When I click the Sign in button, absolutely nothing happens.

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      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Jan 10, 2020

      eshudnowpersonal 

      eshudnowpersonal wrote:

      I can't sign in on either of my computers with this latest update.  The account I am using to sign in is an Office 365/Azure AD Account that is workplace joined.  When I click the Sign in button, absolutely nothing happens.

      so after installing this latest Dev update, you were signed out and now the sign in doesn't work anymore?

      or is it the first time you're trying to sing in and it's failing?

       

       

      • eshudnowpersonal's avatar
        eshudnowpersonal
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 10, 2020
        The former. After installing the latest Dev update, I was signed out and now the sign in doesn't work anymore. It's not that it doesn't accept a login. The button is literally doing nothing. On all my computers.