Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search) is a web search engine (advertised as a "decision" 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
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 e-mail.
Most of the new features in Bing currently are only available in the United States version. Users can change their country settings in the toolbar at the top righthand of the Bing site.
Interface features
- Daily changing of background image. The images are mostly of remarkable places in the world. The background image also contains information about the element(s) shown in the image. You can view the information by hovering over the image. The background images can be switched off and switched on
- Content sectioning of results (separate section for wallpaper, map, weather, fansites and more)
- Left side navigation pane. Includes navigation and, on resultspages, related searches and prior searches
- Right side extended preview with list of relevant or important urls from within the article
- Sublinks. On certain search results, the search result page also shows sectionlinks within the article (Wikipedia)
- Enhanced view where third party site information can be viewed insite Bing. This works for Wikipedia pages
Media features
- Video thumbnail Preview where, by hovering over a video thumbnail, the video automatically starts playing
- Image search with continuous scrolling images results page that has adjustable settings for size, layout, color, style and people.
- Video search with adjustable setting for length, screen size, resolution and source
Video about Bing:
The awesome traffic rank:
Yesterday | 16 |
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7 day avg | 15 |
1 month avg | 39 |
3 month avg | 127 |
3 month change | -3,830,336 ![]() |
ing.com users come from these countries:
- 30.4%United States
- 6.4%Germany
- 5.5%India
- 5.1%France
- 4.6%United Kingdom