Bing It!
Anyone and everyone keeping a close check on the new types of search engines hitting the World Wide Web must be aware of the emergence of a new type which is stated to be Google's upcoming competitor - Bing.
This page mainly focuses on providing news and useful info regarding Bing.
What You Will Find Here
- Google or Bing?
- What Is Bing? (Courtesy : Wikipedia)
- God Uses Bing!
- Image Search Comparison
- Bing Features
- What's In A Name?
- Success Rate
- Security Efforts
- Search Results
- The User Interface
- How To Get Your Website Noticed By Bing?
- Learn More About Bing Through Videos
- Bing Videos!
- Bing Tweets
- Microsoft Bing News
- Blog Posts from Google On Microsoft Bing
- Have Your Say!
- Articles and News on Bing!
Google or Bing?
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What Is Bing? (Courtesy : Wikipedia)
Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is the current web search engine (advertised as a "decision engine") from Microsoft. Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009.
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions as queries are entered and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane") based on semantic technology from Powerset that Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing is the 3rd largest search engine on the web by query volume, at 3.16%, after its competitor Google at 85.35% and Yahoo at 6.15%, according to Net Applications.
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal.
God Uses Bing!
Courtesy : Gizmodo
Image Search Comparison
Google Vs Bing
I personally love the image search capabilities offered by Bing. I tried searching for 'Firefox logos' and Bing gave me the above results. I have just included the first few results of the first two rows.
Google, on the other hand, returned one image which definitely didn't look like a Firefox logo! I have blurred that part of the image below.
Bing Image search also allows you to view the picture in different sizes. Once you click on a picture of your choice, you don't have to ever go back because you can actually scroll the list of search results at the side of the page.
I love the way in which they arrange the images in a single page (pictures load as you scroll down) which eliminates the need of going to multiple pages!
Bing Features
Bing Travel
Bing travel is powered by the popular Farecast technology. Using this the users are able to view low and cheap air fares, plus book hotel reservations. According to a study conducted by Time magazine, Farecast returned more than 75% accuracy rate for searches and users were able to save an average of $55 off their airfare.
Shopping
All the important information required by a shopper is put right on top of the decision engine.
Other features
It also includes optimized search for health related topics and local news.
Bing Maps are proving highly useful for school kids and their projects (as I saw from some tweets). They provide an aerial view of earth showing 3D images of cities and places.
Bing also has teamed up with Twitter and Facebook to provide user's updates along with search results.
Bing Translator tool allows translation between different languages. It allows automatic transation of text and web pages.
Bing Maps are proving highly useful for school kids and their projects (as I saw from some tweets). They provide an aerial view of earth showing 3D images of cities and places.
Bing also has teamed up with Twitter and Facebook to provide user's updates along with search results.
Bing Translator tool allows translation between different languages. It allows automatic transation of text and web pages.
What's In A Name?
The Reason Behind Naming Their Search Engine 'Bing'.
Microsoft spokesmen have said that the name was specially chosen so that it could easily be turned into a verb. The hope is that 'Bing it' becomes as common a phrase as 'Google it' is currently.
Success Rate
How successful is Bing so far?
The site is being called a success right now, since it has taken up about 10% (9.64% in August 2009) of the search engine market within a week of launch. Keep in mind that Google's market share is over 80 percent (80.08% to be exact).
Some of this could be attributed to MS making Bing the default search engine on Internet Explorer.
Another factor for its popularity might be the massive advertising that is being unleashed in the US to tell the common man about the site. So far so good!
Update : In September 2009, Bing showed its first decline in share percentage since its release in June 2009.
Stats - 2009
July - 8.9%
August - 9.64%
September - 8.51%
October - 8.86%
November - 10.3%
December - 10.7%
Some of this could be attributed to MS making Bing the default search engine on Internet Explorer.
Another factor for its popularity might be the massive advertising that is being unleashed in the US to tell the common man about the site. So far so good!
Update : In September 2009, Bing showed its first decline in share percentage since its release in June 2009.
Stats - 2009
July - 8.9%
August - 9.64%
September - 8.51%
October - 8.86%
November - 10.3%
December - 10.7%
Security Efforts
A series of online public service announcements (PSAs) are being published on the Bing search engine. These ads help to warn searchers about online scams. When you enter a keyword, the scams and security issues concerned will appear on top of the search results.
This has been launched by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Postal Inspection Service and Western Union.
To know more, go here.
This has been launched by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in conjunction with the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Postal Inspection Service and Western Union.
To know more, go here.
Search Results
How Good Are The Search Results As Compared To Google?
Try searching for the book 'The 65 Lakh Heist'. Results -
1. Returned same set of results as Google, but the ordering looked more sensible.
2. Newspaper reviews of the book came up early.
3. Wikipedia entry is on the first page.
4. The publisher's site is on the first page too.
Google's first result is a link to an online bookstore selling the book. The second is to a blog that ran a review of the book. The actual publisher's site comes up only somewhere on the second page.
1. Returned same set of results as Google, but the ordering looked more sensible.
2. Newspaper reviews of the book came up early.
3. Wikipedia entry is on the first page.
4. The publisher's site is on the first page too.
Google's first result is a link to an online bookstore selling the book. The second is to a blog that ran a review of the book. The actual publisher's site comes up only somewhere on the second page.
The User Interface
How User Friendly is Bing?
Bing has some dynamic programming that make the site easier to use.
1. Hovering the mouse to the right of the page pops up a preview of relevant text in the page.
2. The 'Images' tab of the results also looks less cluttered than Google. There's also an added advantage of filtering results based on size, colour, layout etc.
1. Hovering the mouse to the right of the page pops up a preview of relevant text in the page.
2. The 'Images' tab of the results also looks less cluttered than Google. There's also an added advantage of filtering results based on size, colour, layout etc.
How To Get Your Website Noticed By Bing?
Website Optimization for Bing
1. By laying more emphasis on title tags
Bing places more importance on the title tags as compared to Google.
2. More the text, the better
Unlike Google, Bing places a lot of importance to the amount of content you have in your site. It's preferable to have a minimum of 300 words in your site for Bing to notice it.
3. Outbound links are ok
Bing doesn't seem to mind one having a lot of outbound links in their website. Google thinks otherwise.
4. Backlinks help
Google recommends backlinks to your site to boost your page ranking. So does Bing.
5. Older the domain, the better
Just to get a higher ranking on Bing.
Bing Tweets
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- treetrout1
- RT @WomensHealthMag: Fact: Sex at night releases endorphins that make you feel good, relieving stress, making it easier to fall asleep. Bada bing.
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- pexenoaido
- What search engine you like most?google or bing?http://bit.ly/2OlLKP
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- jheriwalkerjr
- @KerronClement wow how's that show going now. I do miss bing on it
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- GiovNUFAN
- Orale n The Bing Bang Theory n l 5... Sale: Gretchen Morgan aka Susan B. Anthony la mala de Prison Break! haha ke genial!
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Microsoft Bing News
Latest news on MS Bing
- January Search Results In! Bing Keeps Gaining Share, Everyone Else Loses
- The big story is that Microsoft's Bing continues to gain share, jumping another half-point to 11.3%. We think Bing is buying these share gains, ...
- Microsoft Bing roles in 2010 Winter Olympics
- Microsoft also plays the great role in all this tie-up. The organization made an agreement with NBC that with the help of MSN and Bing, Microsoft will ...
- Microsoft Bing and Facebook expand, contract partnership
- Maybe you've noticed that Microsoft Bing powers Facebook's Web search. Indeed, the two companies have a search partnership that, as the social network's ...
- Swag Bucks: Earn rewards for searching the Web
- by Rick Broida You know how Microsoft's Bing Cashback program rewards you for using the Bing search engine to buy stuff? Two problems: You have to buy stuff ...
Blog Posts from Google On Microsoft Bing
Get The Latest Posts On Bing From Bloggers
- Microsoft Bing roles in 2010 Winter Olympics | White Hat News
- We are just few days away from 2010 Winter Olympics, which is going to held in Vancouver, BC Internet is going to take great part in 2010 Winter Olympics this.
- Microsoft Bing searches jumped by half in 2009, comScore says ...
- A growing but obviously still trailing Microsoft Bing (formerly Live Search) fielded nearly half as many more US searches last year than it did in 2008, analysis firm comScore said Tuesday, outpacing Google's growth rate and the ...
- January Search Results In! Bing Keeps Gaining Share, Everyone Else ...
- Sydney Morning HeraldJanuary Search Results In! Bing Keeps Gaining Share, Everyone Else LosesThe Business InsiderThe big story is that Microsoft's Bing continues to gain share, jumping another half-point to 11.3%.
- The Cycle - PRWeek | Microsoft Bing!
- The company will however expand its search ad deal with the site, with Microsoft's Bing acting as the default search engine for all of Facebook. Currently, Bing acts as the default search engine in the US only. The Bing brand will also ...
Have Your Say!
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- Pukeko Pukeko Oct 28, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
- Fantastic page. I have just started noticing Bing on my traffic pages and was wondering what it was. Now I know. Do you know how we can submit our page directly?
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- kimmanleyort kimmanleyort Oct 26, 2009 @ 1:14 am
- I like the way you showed the differences between Google and Bing. Bing certainly seems to be getting noticed.
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- mysticmama mysticmama Oct 24, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
- Great Info!
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Oct 24, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
- I'd heard people say "Bing" but had no clue what it was till now. I learn something new on Squidoo every day.
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Oct 24, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
- I enjoyed this lens. Have not liked what I've seen on searches so far but with Microsoft behind bing I'm sure it's got more surprises up its sleeve.
Articles and News on Bing!
Interesting news you can use
These are some of the articles I found on the Web which might be of your interest.
- Bing cashback
- Bing Shopping has a feature that lets you earn cashback on certain items. Currently, this option is only open to people who have a valid mailing address in the US, and are over 18 years of age.
- Hands On With Microsoft's New Search Engine: Bing, But No Boom
- Microsoft's new search engine Bing excels at finding a good restaurant.
- Another month, another gain for Bing
- It was another good month for Bing, the search engine rolled out by Microsoft this spring.
- Microsoft Bing: Much better than expected
- Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off Bing, the rebranded and rebuilt search engine formerly code-named Kumo, designed to replace Live Search.
- Microsoft Bing loses share in September - study
- Microsoft Corp's share of the Internet search market slipped in September, marking the first reversal since the software giant launched a revamped search engine to take on search giant Google Inc four months ago.
- Bing's Biggest Enemy in Search Wars (Hint: Not Google, Exactly)
- It won't be clear for some time whether Bing's attempt to grab search engine market share from Google has stalled, or even gone into reverse.
- Microsoft hopes `Bing` can battle Google
- Microsoft is hoping consumers will take to "binging" for information online instead of "Googling" it.
- Mashing-Up Google and Bing
- In the great debate over whether Google or Bing produces better search results, a new site called Bingle lets Web users have it both ways.
- Microsoft's Bing Adds Reference Page
- Microsoft has re-engineered Bing's Reference page to give the search engine's users easy access to Wikipedia and Freebase articles about their search term.
- Columbus Day Theme by Bing, Not Google, Yahoo, Ask.com or AOL
- Today is Columbus Day, and the only search engine to have a special logo or theme up today is Microsoft's Bing.
- Microsoft's Bing fails to ping as Google continues to take search market share
- Bing, launched with great fanfare by Microsoft in June, saw its share of US searches fall from 9.48pc in August to 8.96pc last month, in spite of the $80m (£50m) advertising budget Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer allocated to its launch.
- Microsoft Pushes Bing in China With Mobile Portal
- Microsoft stepped up promotion of Bing in China with the launch of a Web services platform for mobile phones this week, a possible step toward challenging the dominance of Google and Baidu.com in the country.
- Social Search from Google and Bing: My 8 Big Concerns
- The search engine wars took a dramatic turn yesterday, with Google and Microsoft both announcing real-time search deals with Twitter.
- Microsoft's Bing adds Twitter search (update: Google will too)
- Bing, Microsoft's surprisingly useful search engine, launched a new option focused on Twitter today.
- Facebook public updates go live on Bing 'within two months'
- Facebook public status updates go live on Bing!
- Verizon pushing Bing app to BlackBerry Storm
- Just days after Microsoft cranked out a touch-optimized Bing search page for touch screen phones comes another announcement for mobile searchers.
- Bing's new mobile site wants to be touched
- Microsoft on Friday released a refreshed version of its mobile search site (m.bing.com) that's optimized for touch-screen devices.
- How-to: Preview search results in Google, Bing
- We all know the mathematical adage detailing how many words a picture is worth. The principal applies equally to search results.
- Microsoft launches Bing UK
- Microsoft's search engine, Bing, is being rolled out in the UK with localised services and search results.
- Microsoft's Bing reportedly talking to News Corps about paying for content
- The Financial Times is reporting that Microsoft has been talking to News Corps about paying for content if the company de-indexes its news sites from Google. Microsoft has been working on building up Bing as a viable search competitor to Google.
- Bing saw 16 percent increase in unique users since launch, Microsoft says
- Roughly a year after launch, Microsoft's Bing search engine has seen unique users grow by 16 percent, a Microsoft rep said today.
- Yahoo gets kicked to curb by Google, Bing
- Once the world's online search leader, Yahoo's share has sharply declined, putting it in danger of losing its relevance in a market increasingly dominated by Google.
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