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BING or Google: Which Do You Use Most

Which Search toll do you use most?

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So far, I am still having a goodd.experience with Bing. One thing I dont like about Google lately is how they keep overriding my browsing preferences and choosingb for me what format I want to viw pages.


Also I "tested" how they track my uh..."habits". And sure enuff,......
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Im gettn ads about stuff from google to Youtube for "things that'n interest me"...id rather have the freedom to browse whatever and not get tossed inside a bucket just because I was "....well, passing through"
 
Rico ANDROID said:
I didnt know there were some restrictions within the mainland where Google was not used. Very informative indeed!
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Quite a few Google services are restricted or are just not available in China at all, like Docs, Cloud storage, Youtube and Plus. Unless you use a VPN. Google's Chinese portal at google.cn, does offer unrestricted access to a few services though, like Maps, Translate, Gmail, Calendar and Contacts. Google China used to run a free music download and streaming service, but they discontinued it last month. AFAIK most people get their MP3 downloads via Baidu.

Rico, I don't know if you already knew this, but most Android devices sold in the Mainland don't have Google products and services on them either. including devices from non-Chinese makers like Samsung. Which is a frequent problem for anyone hoping for a bargain, with buying cheap Chinese phones or tablets on Ebay.
 
mikedt said:
Quite a few Google services are restricted or are just not available in China at all, like Docs, Cloud storage, Youtube and Plus. Unless you use a VPN. Google's Chinese portal at google.cn, does offer unrestricted access to a few services though, like Maps, Translate, Gmail, Calendar and Contacts. Google China used to run a free music download and streaming service, but they discontinued it last month. AFAIK most people get their MP3 downloads via Baidu.

Rico, I don't know if you already knew this, but most Android devices sold in the Mainland don't have Google products and services on them either. including devices from non-Chinese makers like Samsung. Which is a frequent problem for anyone hoping for a bargain, with buying cheap Chinese phones or tablets on Ebay.
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I think a lot of us take for granted even our everyday activity online. I havent experienced any restrictions like that youve mentioned, but, have read about some major crackdown underway here in the U.S. going into effect Nov 2012. Our cellphone and internet providers are going to restrict or block our ability to browse if we download copyrighted material after five warnings.

I can see the issue one would have if purchasing devices tweaked for services in one country and used in another country. Ive browsed google.cn. Very nice to know we all are only a click away yet thousands of miles inbetween.
 
Rico ANDROID said:
I think a lot of us take for granted even our everyday activity online. I havent experienced any restrictions like that youve mentioned, but, have read about some major crackdown underway here in the U.S. going into effect Nov 2012. Our cellphone and internet providers are going to restrict or block our ability to browse if we download copyrighted material after five warnings.

I can see the issue one would have if purchasing devices tweaked for services in one country and used in another country.
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It comes up many times on AF. Including some rather interesting cases, Someone bought a Samsung Galaxy Ace that was intended for China Mobile. Couldn't make it work on 3 in the UK, even though it was unlocked. Because 3 in the UK only operates a 3G UMTS network, not 2G GSM. China Mobile uses it's own unique 3G wireless technology, as well as EDGE/GSM.

Myself, I've got a Lenovo phone, I find this to be more suited to China, than the UK purchased Samsung Galaxy S I had.

In China it's not clamping down on copyright infringement they're after. It's basically anything that Beijing(Communist Party of China) feels is undesirable and doesn't want The People to see, that's what gets censored here.

Rico ANDROID said:
Ive browsed google.cn. Very nice to know we all are only a click away yet thousands of miles inbetween.
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You probably saw the Search is there, but via google.com.hk in Hong Kong. HK is not subject to the same censoring and internet laws as the Mainland.

Couple of years ago, Google was almost on the edge of pulling out of the PRC completely, and closing its Beijing office.
 
mikedt said:
It comes up many times on AF. Including some rather interesting cases, Someone bought a Samsung Galaxy Ace that was intended for China Mobile. Couldn't make it work on 3 in the UK, even though it was unlocked. Because 3 in the UK only operates a 3G UMTS network, not 2G GSM. China Mobile uses it's own unique 3G wireless technology, as well as EDGE/GSM.

Myself, I've got a Lenovo phone, I find this to be more suited to China, than the UK purchased Samsung Galaxy S I had.

In China it's not clamping down on copyright infringement they're after. It's basically anything that Beijing(Communist Party of China) feels is undesirable and doesn't want The People to see, that's what gets censored here.



You probably saw the Search is there, but via google.com.hk in Hong Kong. HK is not subject to the same censoring and internet laws as the Mainland.

Couple of years ago, Google was almost on the edge of pulling out of the PRC completely, and closing its Beijing office.
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I did notice when I use an MP3 Downloader app I got from GooglePlay that a LOT of my downloads seem to come from overseas such as the orient. Its all good to me if China doesnt have a heavy crackdown on downloads like mp3s butbi wonder how these upcoming U.S. imposed restrictions can regulate us from downloads that comes from servers not in a U.S. jurisdiction?

Was it Googles decision to possibly pull out or local laws an dv terms that were making itbso Google couldnt service the area? Makes me think how far a govt can go with internet access and how can they block say, for example, if I wanted to download a song from a server stored on a system in china. I guess we do have regulations coming.
 
Hello everyone,
What I found funny with both Bing and Google, is the image saver. I dropped my HTC Trophy, so I ended up with the Stellar.
On the Windows phone, if you wanted to save an image. You had to use Google images.
Whereas, I find with my Android phone, it is the opposite. I have to use Bing to save an image.
 
AliceT said:
BING or Google: Which Do You Use Most

Neither, because they track and record my internet behavior and sell that to whoever is buying, making an obscene amount of profit off of spying on me. And you.

I use Ixquick.com. Which doesn't track and record my searches and ip address.
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The first I've heard of Ixquick.com Ive "googled" it and see.that its a U.S. business for several years and it uses a proxy server structure that provide ananymous browsing.

I foumd this link to youtube THANKS ALICE!

 
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Google started out with no paid ads and no forcing user accounts, etc. Watched a video clip (yup, BING) that says you are missing most of your search results and perhaps missing best priced items because Google Scroogles' you by filtering what your results are by preference.

Have you done a Google vs Bing search result lately to see what are missing specifically between search results of Google vs Bing?


Clink HERE: To Watch Video On Google Search Results
 
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