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Does Google search results offset that of the Bing?


In a WPF application, I need to fetch results from various search engines and count the recurring and non-recurring words from the context (description & keywords) of the top 200 results. This task is to examine the understanding and the 'factor of popularity' of the given search-term in the society.

Given a set of search-engines, if we Google it first, do we need to Bing it?

Generally speaking:

  • Does Google result-set offsets Bing's?
  • Are they mutually exclusive?
  • Can we expect mixed results on average?

Solution

  • Generally the results will be mixed. There will be pages that Google rates high but Bing rates low and vice versa. A site that is at the top of a Google search for a particular term is likely to also be highly positioned in Bing's search results for the same term, but it's not guaranteed as the two engines use different algorithms.