When Bing launched a bit over a week ago, we asked our readers via an anonymous poll if they like the new Microsoft search engine.

To my surprise, 70% of the responses said they like the new search engine.

Keep in mind, the index is mostly the same, but the search interface is the major difference, from what I understand. Interface is huge and clearly plays a major roll in relevancy.

Here is the break down of the 120 responses, where I asked, “Do You Like Bing’s Search Results?”

:: Yes said 83 respondents or 69%
:: No said 29 respondents or 24%
:: Other… said 8 respondents or 7%

Here are the other answers:

they’re okay i guessDoes it matter? People won’t switch.Relevancy of sites returned is still hinky. but there are interesting feauturesWhere’s the Sarcastic ‘yes’ option?Generally good, local crapIt’s really the same, nothing new.No different than LiveSearch resultsIt’s OK but not enough to switch

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