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Microsoft Edge | Website issues | Windows 10
Troubleshooting website display or functionality issues in Edge on Windows 10
First, I did a search using Edge which returned no relevant results. Then, I switched to Chrome, entered the identical search criteria and it returned what I was looking for - first result,
Given my short-term exposure to Edge, is my above experience normal or is there a configuration setting that needs to be changed that would improve my search results?
This sounds likely. The search results you see are determined solely by the search provider you're using. Chrome has Google as its default search provider, while Edge has Bing as its default. The two search engines are different: they index web pages differently, they give pages different priorities and they serve the results differently. You shouldn't see much difference in search results if you use the same search provider in the two browsers.
To check this, on a new tab in Chrome, enter bing.com into the address bar and press Enter. This should open the Bing home page, with a search box in the middle. Enter a search term into the box and press Enter. Compare the results with those you get if you use the default search provider in Edge.
Similarly, in a new tab in Edge, enter google.com into the address bar and press Enter. This should open the Google home page, with a search box in the middle. Enter a search term into the box and press Enter. Compare the results with those you get if you use the default search provider in Chrome.
If you think you get consistently better results for your searches in Google, then change the default provider in Edge from Bing to Google. To do this, click ⋯ (Settings and more) > Settings > Privacy, search and services > Address bar and search (at the very bottom of the page). Under Search engine used in the address bar, select Google from the dropdown. After doing this, you can enter your search terms into the address bar on any page to have that search carried out by Google. Searches using the search box on the New Tab Page will still be sent to Bing, so you have the choice of two different providers on that page.