Web browsers impact and come in handy to a lot of people in the United States, whether it be working class individuals coming home after the job or famous politicians who are looking for more support through some websites such as Facebook, twitter, or even Google plus. These browsers help give the user clarity, background and user friendly steps when they search for information. Google Chrome and Bing have become the largest and most widely used search browsers of our time, together holding over one billion users around the world.
Due to their popularity I wanted to shed some light on the different resourceful backgrounds that make both of these search engines quite unique to our Nation. My one question that I want you to decide: is one better than the other?
The google search engine, or “Chrome,” is a prominent web browser that has been around for more than a decade, and is one of the most widely used programs around the nation. It has its basic similarities to Internet explorer, Safari for Macintosh, Firefox -- other search engines out there that are a little less popular. It’s no doubt Google is a very successful company, and the following will explain why. According to the digital trends website, google chrome offers the leanest address bar configuration as well as a useful double bar layout that makes it easy to move up and down pages, as well as refreshing the page.
Chrome also has the capability of remembering characters that one has already searched, and allows the user to save or delete websites from the search that may be deemed invaluable. The creators of chrome also revise and update their google software daily, which may be a factor toward Google’s increasing search accuracy and more impressed users. 313.3 million people live in the United States. With 110 million people using the google search engine each month within a year, would mean our entire population has searched on Google chrome at least once.
Bing is a particularly different website that gets a lot more access to social media websites like Facebook and twitter than Google because of its partnership. This makes social integration within this browser much stronger, whereas Google would have to rely on its own Google Plus social media website only. Social integration means different thing for different people, but here are two examples: Facebook like button for the group’s Facebook page (without leaving the site), and Twitter auto-follow button for the group’s Twitter account (without leaving the site).
Bing too provides a well-developed search engine that primes itself excessively to the needs of its user. The prime uniqueness of Bing is that it uses its connections with other social media platforms to reward its user. With a Microsoft account, those who use Bing are able to obtain real items through a point system that usually just requires the user to use the Bing website in some fashion. While searching for things on Bing's engine, they will offer the user a set of tasks such as searching for a particular link or typing their first search to gain points that will automatically enter the user into a raffle to receive some of the following: computers, television sets and or video games. Bing's quick searches and prize offers may be the prime reason why Bing acquires approximately 300 million users monthly. According to the Entrepreneur, Bing's search results pages have a more creative search appeal toward its audience.
Bing's search result actually looks very similar to Google's old format, before Google cluttered its listings with "+1" buttons, social annotations which many Google users have pointed out to be pointless. It has recently been updated and Google no longer uses such a feature. Bing map visuals have also begun to rival Google maps features. According to the Geo technological Research group in Maynooth, Ireland, they have done intensive research on both map software and have concluded that Bing has fewer map errors than Google Maps.
Although Bing does not seem to measure up to google on this, it is still one of the most widely used web browsers that is still growing rivaling the standards of Google Chrome. Regardless of popularity differences, these two search engines have both greatly influenced our society’s way of applying and acquiring useful information. It’s incredible to believe that over 90 percent of our entire population has already been greatly affected by just two well made search engines. I believe this is because of the reliability of both engines. Google is infamous for finding almost exactly what the user wants using only a few keywords and without exploiting the use of tabs. The user's search space is clean, concise and they have already received the answers from their search.
The Bing search engine, however, does not respond this way. Instead of providing the user with a plethora of extremely relevant information from their search, it tries to first sell you a product, distract from the main search and once links appear for the user, Bing has a tendency to completely redirect the user to other pages not quite pertinent to the search, using up more tabs that were not necessary to begin with. However, this is not such a terrible feature because the gimmick Bing has is to allow the user to build points in order to enter into various raffles to win very expensive items such as the extravagant gifts I mentioned earlier. Google on the other hand does not run on gimmicks, and has become quite a success without it.
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