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Twitter Bling on Bing for Famous People
You have to give Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, a lot of credit. Since the launch last month, it has done a terrific job of winning over a growing number of people with some savvy public relation efforts.
The latest is the launch of results that show Twitter updates….as long as you’re famous. Dipping its toe [...]
It’s a Search Engine Bonanza
The search market is a fascinating beast: Even though Google thoroughly dominates, there’s no lack of new players looking to grab a piece of the action.
Over the past couple of weeks, Microsoft’s Bing has captured a lot of attention but it’s just one of many new search engines that have appeared on the scene. Some [...]
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Bing: Up and Close
After enthusiastically blogging about Bing over the weekend, I was invited to an event last night hosted by Natalie Bow, senior marketing manager with Microsoft, and Stacey Jarvis, Search Lead with Microsoft Canada.
It was an interesting opportunity for me to hear first-hand about Microsoft’s search ambitions and, as important, listen to what other people within [...]
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First Impressions of Bing: Promising
The launch of Bing has, if anything, been interesting.
It was apparently going be launched last Thursday before Google pulled the rug out from Microsoft by unveiling Wave. Then, Bing was going to be launched on June 3. But, today, Bing is live.
First impressions are that Bing has some interesting features that could make it an [...]
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Still Searching for More Search Users
Amid the growing interest in Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, and TechCrunch’s enthusiasm about stealth start-up, Blekko, it seems like the right time to take a look at how some of the much-hyped search engine start-ups over the past year have done.
All in all, it’s been disappointing. The chart below – sourced from Compete.com – [...]
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