Exactly. Because if not, why isn't bing on par with google by now?
It’s still only 6% of global search vs 86% for google.
- DuckDuckGo
- Ecosia
- Qwant
- OneSearch
- Search Encrypt
- Swisscows
- etc.
> In July 2016, DuckDuckGo officially announced the extension of its partnership with Yahoo! that brought new features to all users of the search engine, including date filtering of results and additional site links. It also partners with Bing, Yandex, and Wikipedia to produce results or make use of features offered. The company also confirmed that it does not share user information with partner companies, as has always been its policy.
Doing this on DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=my+user+agent&t=hk&ia=answer , reviles http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm in the snippet for whatsmyuseragent.org .
Horse racing is a better place to make the point. Risking your bets on likely winners has a low payout overall — underdogs have a reward that batter aligns with risk.
I worked with a pretty hardcore handicapper. He would plan for certain races for weeks and look at training and other factors. Basically, he'd cover the Saratoga meet and pair favorites a longshots and come out ahead enough to stay ahead. You could tell how well he did by the toys purchased in the Fall. Good year, a truck, bad year a laptop.