StoutFiles
msg:4344009 | 11:56 am on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I was under the impression that Bing was supposed to collect information for MSoft, to use in other products, similar to what Google does?
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engine
msg:4344014 | 12:49 pm on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I think you have to read these suggestion with a pinch of salt. As you say, how much would all that valuable data cost to acquire.
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scooterdude
msg:4344033 | 1:38 pm on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
i sincerely hope Microsoft continues to ignore such commentary,
Might well be like wondering Why Amazon backers didn't give up on the company in the bad years
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J_RaD
msg:4344045 | 2:26 pm on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
facebook or apple might make a better home for bing?
ha ok I won't even bother clicking the link to read the full article.
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superclown2
msg:4344068 | 2:54 pm on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
How do you lose that sort of money running a search engine? It must take real genius.
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Jon_King
msg:4344080 | 3:14 pm on Jul 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Seems to me the writer has a lack of vision. Those that invest in long term projects often get railed over short term profit.
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Stevo
msg:4344325 | 3:52 am on Jul 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Data centers on the scale of Google and Bing to serve search are very expensive. Even so I don't understand a 2.6 billion dollar loss?
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koan
msg:4344329 | 4:09 am on Jul 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| How do you lose that sort of money running a search engine? It must take real genius. |
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Maybe all those deals Microsoft do at a costly price with other companies just to gain market share and be a player in the search engine world.
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MWpro
msg:4344331 | 4:25 am on Jul 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Data centers on the scale of Google and Bing to serve search are very expensive. Even so I don't understand a 2.6 billion dollar loss?
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I assumed that a lot of this was from Bing's advertising campaigns?
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Sgt_Kickaxe
msg:4344844 | 5:32 am on Jul 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
That many visitors and they couldn't turn a profit? Yikes.
I suspect it's more a case of 'didn't want to turn a profit' given how monetized their results are. The question is what did they spend those billions on?
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J_RaD
msg:4345012 | 2:58 pm on Jul 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I assumed that a lot of this was from Bing's advertising campaigns?
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yea they've been doing lots of product placement in TV / movies.
Data centers on the scale of Google and Bing to serve search are very expensive. Even so I don't understand a 2.6 billion dollar loss?
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what about building NEW and expanding as well.
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