Go Bing Yourself, Right Now
It doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as go Google yourself, but now you can go Bing yourself. (Then again, Google took a few years to become a verb.). Bing, Microsoft’s latest effort to compete in search, is now live on a “preview” site. The key thing to pay attention to is the guided search assistance on the left and the different experiences for the travel, images, video, maps, news, and shopping tabs.
A few things to try:
- An ambiguous Web search: “turkey”
(do you want images, recipes, facts, or a map of the country? The topic guides in the left explore pane will help you narrow your search).
- A travel search: “SFO to JFK”
- Video search: “Simpsons”
(hover over the thumbnail to play the video)
- Image search: “Rollercoasters”
(notice the infinite scroll).
- A health search: “Sore throat”
- Shopping: “Digital SLR”
(sort by price or brand, get average ratings and CashBack).
- Maps: “BBQ”
(automatically knows what city you are in and offers up geo-appropriate results).
- News Search: “Bing”
(what else?)
Check it out. Try a few searches and then tell us in comments if you will ever go back.
Company: | Microsoft |
Website: | bing.com |
Bing is a search engine from Microsoft officially announced on May 28, 2009. Learn More
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