Bing.com

[BlueNinjaGo]

So I heard that Microsoft released it's new search engine, "Bing.com". I must say, it's not too bad. Very smooth so far.

I like the video search, since it plays the videos from the bing page without leaving it. (Just hover your mouse over the search results... or click it to get the bigger version)


Has anyone checked it out? Do you think it will hurt google?

At first, I had my doubts, but the more I play with it, the more I like it. So we'll see!

Just wondering what you guys (and gals) think.

[Etab]

Even if it is a better product than Google, there's no beating Google.

1) Type in www.bing.com.
2) Enter a search term.
3) Look at results.
4) Say, "Hmm, that's nice," and continue using Google.

[Caddyman]

Even if it is a better product than Google, there's no beating Google.

1) Type in www.bing.com.
2) Enter a search term.
3) Look at results.
4) Say, "Hmm, that's nice," and continue using Google.

YUP, the simplicity and accuracy of google is what will keep it #1

[Etab]

Microsoft needs to realize they're trying too hard. People use Google because it's quick, simple, and versatile. There's no elaborate graphic design.

[Wayne Luke]

I just tried Bing with a few quick and local searches. Microsoft provided better results and information than Google. I don't know but I'll probably use both just like I have been doing. Google has also given me a lot of garbage results on some searches and doesn't handle natural language searches very well. I also feel that Google is too simplistic and only use it if I have to because I don't like digging through things to figure out if its a legitimate link or a paid advertisement.

meh.. Google will still be a fine basic search engine. Bing seems to be more of an information service.

[iogames]

YUP, the simplicity and accuracy of google is what will keep it #1

it was SIMPLE! now is getting fat as Yahoo... but as far as Google paid me or searches, I'm good :D

p.s. is Bill Gates the Antichrist?

[KTBleeding]

Yuck.. that hover play thing sucks..

Try playing a video, or listening to music.. then moving your mouse around the page. What a noisy nightmare.

[Chris-777]

MS fails at trying to come up with a catchy name like Google's if you ask me.

"I went home and Googled for blah"
"I went home and Bing'd for blah"

[VacanzeSardegna]

bing.com is live.com (renamed)

[Brandon Sheley]

Even if it is a better product than Google, there's no beating Google.

1) Type in www.bing.com.
2) Enter a search term.
3) Look at results.
4) Say, "Hmm, that's nice," and continue using Google.

my thoughts exactly :up:

[iogames]

MS fails at trying to come up with a catchy name like Google's if you ask me.


Bing!-Bing!-Bing!-Bing!-Bing!!! I can't do that with Google :rolleyes:

bing.com is live.com (renamed)

Wow! so I can buy live.com from them? :D

[Biker_GA]

I just tried Bing with a few quick and local searches. Microsoft provided better results and information than Google. I don't know but I'll probably use both just like I have been doing. Google has also given me a lot of garbage results on some searches and doesn't handle natural language searches very well. I also feel that Google is too simplistic and only use it if I have to because I don't like digging through things to figure out if its a legitimate link or a paid advertisement.

meh.. Google will still be a fine basic search engine. Bing seems to be more of an information service.

Agreed. I'm finding more direct hits with Bing at this point. Google no longer provides reliable results for the search terms I give, and quite honestly, I've grown extremely disenchanted with Google over the past few months.

Cool has nothing to do with searching. I want it fast, I want it accurate, and if Bing continues to provide this, Google has a LOT to worry about.

[Zachariah]

Traffic wise in the last 2 days "bing" has 1/2 the visits than "google" to our site.
- This is wonderful, live only brought 1/128th the traffic of google.

More traffic is good !

[Shazz]

It looks alot better then google!

[nnStaff]

reminds me of when ask did the hover overs to see pages and nobody cared

the results are looking good though, site is too busy though

[Spank]

Bing!-Bing!-Bing!-Bing!-Bing!!! I can't do that with Google :rolleyes:

You could even shout "Bing bing bing bing bing, we have a winner!!" when you find the result you are looking for.

[KTBleeding]

The name just really reminds me of Friends. Chandler Bing?

[iogames]

what about Mr Bing? :D (or Bean :confused:)

back to-topic: I see a good prospect... you KTBleeding are a musician? u must recognize it was a good step, even LIVE.com was Ok...

[kevcj]

Bing is the new "hot topic" right now, but I look for interest to fade to what it was in msn. Bing looks nice, I'll play around with it, but it has one major drawback.

Bing webmaster tools requires a hotmail email address. Well, if you do not log into your hotmail account every X number of days, its deleted - or at least it used to be. So you setup your bing webmaster tools, do not log into your hotmail account for X number of days, the account is deleted, then you have to start all over again when you want to check your sites data.

Your google account on the other hand is never deleted. So I can log back into it after over a year.

[Wayne Luke]

If you're using the webmaster tools to help build traffic to your website then why would you wait for a year to log back in? Doesn't seem like you would get very good results for the lack of effort.

Really, if you don't like the service than say you don't like it. Don't bring up some silly cockamammy excuse as to why.

[Dismounted]

The name just really reminds me of Friends. Chandler Bing?
Apparently that's where the idea for the name actually came from.

[UKBusinessLive]

Apparently that's where the idea for the name actually came from.

More chance off it being this bing, as the domain is pretty old.

http://www.radioarchives.org/pictures/Bing%20Crosby%20Vocalists.jpg

Friends started in 1994, The domain Bing.com was registered in 1996, and was nothing to do with friends, Bing crosby or any other known bings ;)

This might interest you Hanson, It was last owned by an Austrialian email company ;)

The domain was sold several times before microsoft bought it in March this year, shows theres lack of creativity at microsoft when it comes to thinking up domain names. They say that MS are spending 100 million to get this off the ground, i can safely say that wasn't for a new domain name :D

[Dismounted]

http://www1.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/microsoft_bing/
Curiously for all their smarts, the Microsoft team picked the name of a neurotic and uncool character from the defunct TV series Friends - Chandler. This wouldn't be the first time Microsoft's failed to do sufficient due diligence on a product name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Search
Steve Ballmer recently revealed in an interview with Wired magazine that his original inspiration for the name came from the character Chandler Bing from the popular US sitcom "Friends".