Google Wows, But Bing's Cashback Is Even Better

As I mentioned Monday, I love Bing’s shopping engine. In no small part because I can earn some serious cashback. As long as I make sure I’m getting the lowest price in the first place, the cashback makes it worth using Bing.

So, Google Product Search can wave all the new fancy features in front of me that it wants, if I ain’t getting a kickback, I ain’t using Google!

OK, maybe some of you aren’t quite so price conscious as me. Maybe for you, shopping is more about the journey, than the destination. If that’s the case, you’re going to love the scenery Google (GOOG) just added.

First, we have a new gallery view:

We also have new review summaries:

Nearby stores:

Video product reviews and a mobile friendly interface complete the list of new features.

But, what it doesn’t have is this:

And, until it does, I’m sticking with Bing!

Note: This is not a paid post, but someone, somewhere at Microsoft (MSFT) PR just got a raise.

Comments

[Gary A]

I don't know about the shopping engine but the regular search is lousy. Google is far superior and I have no position in Google. It is just fact. I waited for Bing; and gave it a try and it does not produce accurate complex search results like google does. Quite a disappointment when it was touted to be superior in search.

2009 Nov 24 05:19 PM

[madmilker]

<<<<I love Bing’s shopping engine.>>>>...

and I wus thinking tat man running around on tat stage like a large monkey on steroids wus is bad shape.

2009 Nov 24 06:51 PM

[Josh B Thompson]

"OK, maybe some of you aren’t quite so price conscious as me"

"OK, maybe some of you aren’t quite so price conscious as I am."

2009 Nov 24 06:53 PM

[wcinvest]

I have mostly used Google and occasionally Yahoo over the last 8+ years for searching but now I'm using Bing since overall I think Bing is now the best big search engine. I find the accuracy of bing's search results nearly as good as google and many times actually much better. With its pop up previews, Bing certainly has a much better display/navigation of the results.

This single feature allows me to operate so much faster now that I've adopted taking advantage of it. I can literally often research subject 5x faster with Bing then Google since I can put my mouse pointer on the right side of the search results and have a preview with a great deal of information appear. This feature is a boon to users since you can quickly glance at which websites to go to. Often times, I am searching for hard to find information and the first results in Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. are not the most relevant but Bing allows me to browse through many different web pages in a matter of seconds without leaving their main search page. Sooner or later, Google will have to add this feature but until they do, I will use Bing search as my primary search engine.

Both the Bing and Google search engines are better then Yahoo's current search engine which still has my favorite portal for non search content. Yahoo will benefit when the Bing search engine replaces their own engine.

Sometimes it makes sense to avoid all of the major search engines and just check out wikipedia.

I use many different sources when searching for the best deal but I don't use Google's product search engine for that since it just doesn't offer any value to me at all. I'd much rather have the cashback then let Google have it. If you just want an overview of pricing, for most items I would advice checking out pricegrabber first and foremost. And then Craigslist for your area if you are in a major city, Ebay and Amazon(new and used items).

To really research the best deals, checkout sites like Slickdeals.net, fatwallet etc. Fatwallet offers cashback from many different stores but Bing offers much more cashback in percentage terms so its a nobrainer to use Bing cashback when it's available.

Even if you don't like the Bing search engine for general web searches, Bing's cashback is tremendous for any bargain hunter and well worth signing up for. I have already saved over $300 using Bing cash back and the $300 savings is over truly great prices elsewhere and not inflated list prices.

2009 Nov 25 01:07 AM

[slam stocks]

Google is still the better search, but Bing has really improved with all the additional content from their MSN websites, Hotmail, Facebook and cashback programs. I'm not sure if this will be enough to significantly close the search gap, but add more money to struggling newspaper companies to only allow Bing to bring search traffic might help increase users.

2009 Nov 25 09:12 AM

[serafino]

Bing is in the beginning of becoming a big Search Engine like Google is right now!!! They offers so many cool features and I am sure the search results will become better and better!

Bing rocks!!!

2009 Nov 26 03:35 AM