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Bing - New Decision Engine from Microsoft

Has anyone tried Bing, the new "decision" engine released by Microsoft a few weeks ago? Microsoft has never been known for developing good search engines, but I've done some side-by-side searches with Google and Bing and have been pleasantly surprised by some of my Bing results. There have been several instances where my top results in Bing were more relevant than my top results in Google.

Bing offers some links for users to refine their searches on the results page. If you do a search for a video, hover over one of the thumbnails to stream the video without ever leaving the search results page. If you do a search for a product, like digital cameras, Bing provides some nice links at the top of the page to find cameras within a certain price range or to go directly to buying guides from reputable sites.

It may not be enough to get you to move from Google for the majority of your searches, but if you have difficulty finding something in Google, you may want to give Bing a try. If you've tried Bing, what has your experience been?

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Posted by Kathy Lussier on June 29, 2009 11:29 AM |

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