We’ve all seen the funny posts comparing Google and Bing to women because of their suggested searches, but the fact is that they both are a running meme, and it’s good they are; these proposed searches give out a clear indication of the consumers’ disposition and gauge their responses when to comes to selected products. This can be intriguing, or humiliating, but mostly it is both.
Here is the evidence that needs no interpreter to comprehend. We’ve conducted a little research just a few moments ago using an Incognito Chrome window (which means in plain English, that no user was logged in to either Google or Bing). Here’s a screenshot telling us “what Windows 8 is”:
So, this means that Google users are giving a clear mark to Windows 8 and not a very good one; 1 out of 4. While we’re not sure how just of a metric this actually is, we’ll move on to see what Bing users have to say.
Bing users showed they had more to say, with 8 results popping up. However, the ratio was surprisingly still the same; 2 favorable results out of 8. Hence, scoring the same 25% rate that Google scored. To make it all the worse, the mockeries are specific while the compliments are generic. “Confusing” and “ugly” are a lot more on the dot that “awesome” and “great”.
It’s certainly entertaining to shed light on how Microsoft’s very own search engine advocates searches that so clearly condemn the company’s essential product, however, we cannot deny that Bing and Google are indeed the pivotal search engines in the west if not in the whole world. So, if this is what people are researching, then the company most certainly has its work cut out for it when it comes to elevate people’s comprehension of its aspiring new software.
With the initial daunting sales results out already, the time is now for Microsoft to choose a story for such disappointing results and stick to it.
In case you were wondering about the Windows 7 search results, we got you covered with two snapshots, here you go:
So, what seems to be the dispute? It seems that an issue in Windows 7 can indicate if a user’s copy of Window is genuine or simply fraudulent. If you’re intrigued to read more on the topic, Microsoft has a help page on the matter.
Unfortunately, we haven’t found any interesting Window 7 search results; for most of them are merely operational while those of Windows 8 indicated inquiries related to novelty. Of course, this came as no surprise.
So, while all of this might be amusing, the bottom line is that one ought to always have their back (up) for any unfortunate event when migrating or upgrading. Our recommendation would be Genie Backup Manager, since GBM supports Disaster Recovery and thus offers an easy dependable way to recover your system in all the worst case scenarios.