Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world renzev @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable

It's impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing

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Not to defend Bing in anyway, but I typed logitech unifying software and the first result is the download page on logitechs site.

I am not doubting you, but why is it so different for me? I see non of the ???? section, no ads, just a link at the top like you would expect.

What are you using or doing different?
- Do you have uBlock or some similar ad blocker installed?
  
  EDIT: I went and looked myself. I do have an ad-blocker installed. I don't see the ad. But I do see more noise than OP (desktop, Firefox):
  
  There's a set of steps at the top left telling me to download and install the software, which is what OP was complaining about.
  
  At the top right, there's a large, blue button with a link that guesses incorrectly that I want to know about Logitech Unifying Receiver Pairing, and just sends me to another Bing search.
  
  Beneath that, there are a list of several questions that Microsoft incorrectly thinks I might be wanting to task and their answers.
  
  Then there are two "Explore more" links linking me to pages describing how to pair with the software. One appears to link to "logi.com" with apparently is a Logitech business support page that links to the software, albeit only the Mac version, which I'd guess isn't what OP wanted.
  
  Back on the left, I have what appears to be an AI spam question-answer site at thewindowsclub.com and another page on "how to unify" at robots.net.
  
  Beneath that, I have a link to the Logitech download section. So it's in my top results and on my laptop, visible on the first screen of results, though beneath some not-really-desirable stuff.
- The screenshot is from Microsoft Edge running in Windows 10 (virtual machine) with no/little browsing history and no account connected. I'm hypothesizing here, but maybe these are the reasons:
  
  You don't see the ??? section because you're not on Edge. Bing AI only works on edge (it checks your user agent)
  
  You don't see the ad because you have an adblocker
  
  Just tried it in Edge, with no ad block.
  
  The first link was what I was searching for. None of that extra stuff showed up. The ad (for something unrelated) was in a column in the right.
  
  There is no account associated, little browsing history. This machine was completely wiped 2 weeks ago.
  
  I think the difference is, I am not in the US.

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