webdevmatt

Well I’ll tell you what, bing is more than just a fun word to say. I remember in 1997 (I think) when we first started to use google. Search was great, and it was fun to say, and no one knew what it was J. I remember the looks I would get when telling people I used google to find that, it was great. It’s 2009 and the same looks are there and you know what the search is good to.

An aside, I think people are better at searching these days. With tools like google, bing, etc. lots of people can find a lot of what they are looking for. That being said, we need to be aware that while these engines “give us answers,” be sure you qualify your “answers.”

BING, BING, BING.

http://bing.com check it out, it’s worth your time, especially if you like video.

I’ll tell you what bing is making me feel pretty good about Microsoft search. Of course this could always be, just a nice shiny new toy that you can’t help to love in the beginning, but bing does have a nice flow to it.

As mentioned yesterday, the searches come fast and relevant.I played a little with the video portion as well, since it was getting some hype, and it’s nice. The beauty is that the video plays as you put your mouse over it, nice feature.

With the busy day, I have not looked into any of the other features, but there’s always tomorrow.

Until then.

Bing is Microsoft’s replacement of Live search released to the public yesterday. I have committed to using it exclusively for search at least for the rest of the week to let you all know how it stacks up. If anyone wants to join this experiment, please do:

1. The url for the site is http://bing.com
2. If you would like to change your default search engine for live toolbar, as of yesterday you will have to add the provider using this url http://www.bing.com/search?q=TEST&form=QBLH

First brush with bing has been positive. The searches are coming quick and the search “categories” are easy to access. People who like videos, I think, will be very happy with the video search feature (click on video above the bing logo). That being said, be careful when using the alternate categories above the bing logo(shopping, local, travel). If you are not finding what you are looking for, revert back to “all results” which is displayed on the left hand side of the search results, to get your bearings.

Happy searching, and if you have a question about binging, post  a comment.