Microsoft claims Bing to be a better wau to search instead of the normal search engines because it helps you make your decisions in a better way , but does it really perform and help you decide whatever you are looking for? Iam sure your answer is No because Bing is not more than a Live.com new look and some extra added features. There are no real features which can make the users totally drop Google and directly use Bing for their daily web needs.
On the other hand Flickr’s Co-Founder has launched a new Decision Engine called as Hunch which really impressed me because of the awesome layout and features. This is not another websites because it has thousands of readily available questions and decisions which can be useful to you.
Example : If you are planning to Buy a new mobile phone and are comfused if you should go for a iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre then you would look for a Apple iPhone 3G vs iPhone 3GS comparison which is something you cannot easily decide because you need to compare both these products head to head and make sure you can make the best decision since this is going to be a investment for atleast 1 year of time and you wont like to throw away your money on something which can later be a bad decision for you.
Now move over to Bing, you wont find any section which would compare you both these products. Next check out hunch and search for the same stuff and you will find many readily available questions contributed by different users and questions like these http://www.hunch.com/iphone-or-pre/ can help you get started with finding your next mobile phone because it shows you a set of questions based on which it will decide the answer for you. There is no real mathematics or magics here but based on the users preferances the answers are displayed to them.
Instead of running another review website, this is a decision engine which can help all the users queries get sorted out quickly. Even though Hunch cannot become a famous website the way Bing because of the lack of huge advertising budgets, iam sure the creative idea and collective knowledge can help it grow bigger in the coming years. Its true, Hunch helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it.
Hey AMit!
Congrats for your new PR.