# Bing 33 Hacker News commenters recommended Bing and 93 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Free search engine that many people find gives better results than Google, with the main caveat being heavy push of AI answers, Microsoft products and ads. ## Why people recommend it - Better results than Google for many (7 comments): "Bing is a better search engine than Google at this point and Bing isn't great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199553)) "it's been providing better results than Google for sometime" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197833)) "Bing is simply a better search engine at this point" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821802)) - Alternative to Google for many (4 comments): "duckduckgo and bing together are a perfect replacement instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266787)) "how much better DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Bing and Kagi is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222253)) "I did ditch Google/Chrome for Bing/Edge years ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872359)) - Works well for site searches (2 comments): "I've found success with site: queries on Bing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137283)) "Bing works like a charm for all my sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248045)) ## What people warn about - Pushes AI answers on users (2 comments): "the AI replies that popular search engines, like Google and Bing, force upon their users have made Internet searches much worse not better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017853)) "I pity those who believe any of the AI answers that most search engines force now upon their users" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245672)) - Forces Bing and Edge on users (3 comments): "Why are local searches always sent to Bing with no easy way to switch it off or change the search provider?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002737)) "it did all searches using Bing, and opened any websites using Edge, regardless of your default settings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49846825)) "Don't nag users to switch to Edge, Bing, sign in with a Microsoft account, or adopt Copilot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371744)) - Smaller index, fewer relevant results (3 comments): "since they can't make a normal website that works on Firefox their slightly inferior results made me use Google again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46250863)) "Bing's index is smaller than Google's, and anecdotally I get fewer relevant results when using it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730950)) "with Google/Bing/DDG I quickly start getting results that don't follow my search criteria" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269008)) - Returns fake or broken sites (2 comments): "Bing is worse, since it shows 7zip.com on the 2nd page, but the site refuses to load." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021179)) "DuckDuckGo and Bing linked to the fake domain first, followed by the official GitHub." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47234482)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Google Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-search.md): 315 recommend - [Yandex Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex.md): 79 recommend - [Marginalia Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marginalia-search.md): 50 recommend - [Ecosia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ecosia.md): 24 recommend - [AltaVista](https://hackerapproved.com/p/altavista.md): 24 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.bing.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Bing", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bing/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).