Friday, July 3, 2009

Bing: Microsoft's New Search Engine



Obviously the nicest of all the search engines I have used when it comes to looks. It is introduced to compete with Google's search engine and take away Google's dominance in search technology. Microsoft really hopes to succeed in replacing Google but that is yet to be seen since in my experience, Bing not yet extensive in indexing much of the sites. It is a big leap since Live Search and introduces many features as well.

Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine, Microsoft's current incarnation of its search technology. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. In its first few weeks Bing was successful in gaining some market share.

Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered, and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results), based on semantic technology from PowerSet which Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook, and email.

You can visit Bing here.

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