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Microsoft Bing
alaSCORE 89

4 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

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Microsoft Bing

By Michael Muchmore

Sitting on a commanding 63 percent Internet search market share, Google nevertheless is being challenged all the time. Upstart Wolfram Alpha just attacked on the techie end, and now Microsoft's Bing appeals to everyday consumers. Google continues to ...

Clean, consistent, appealing design. Many answers don't require more Web surfing. Groups results into categories. Finds low fares and product prices. Previews page text in search results. Previews videos on result page. Vetted health results pages

No sorting results by date. News results not as fast as Google's

Bing's search results are on a par with those of the other two big players, but its organized, consistent layout and helper features for travel, shopping, and health vault it over the top.

Upstart Wolfram Alpha just attacked on the techie end, and now Microsoft's Bing appeals to everyday consumers. With Bing, Microsoft's goal is not only to finding Web pages for you, but also to help you make decisions, and to deliver useful...

June, 2009

Rating

90

pcmag.com
GB

Microsoft Bing

By Sift Ninja

Today's search engines – believe it or not there are others besides Google – do a great job of helping us navigate the Web and find information, but Microsoft reckons they don't do a very good job of enabling us to ‘use' the information we find. ...

And it works! In fact, it was reported recently that Bing has so upset Google's co-founder Sergey Brin that he has tasked top engineers to work on ‘urgent upgrades' to its own search service. Brin is said to be leading a team to determine how ...

June, 2009

Rating

70

businesscomputingworld.co.uk
AU

Microsoft Bing

Explorer Pane can be extremely useful, updated layout and look of video search, Farecast

We didn't like the Quick Preview feature

Will the masses start binging instead of googling? If Microsoft continues to make progress with its ongoing tweaks and improvements to Bing - and steamrolls the existing landscape with its promised massive advertising campaign - it stands a chance of ...

But in our initial tests, Quick Tabs often steered me to Microsoft services such as Bing Shopping, Bing Travel, MSN Autos, and Bing health information. Bing: New Explorer Pane Bing's new look focuses on a lefthand navigation menu called the...

June, 2009

No rating

goodgearguide.com.au
GB

Microsoft Bing review

By Tom Spring

At last, Bing has arrived. We tested a preview release of Microsoft's new search/decision engine, previously called Kumo, to see how well it compares. Here's a breakdown of its new features and how well they perform.

Bing is no game changer when it comes to search. Though the new search engine is a great start, Microsoft still has work to do. With Bing, results don't seem as intuitive as with Google. Try entering a residential street address in Bing and the search ...

May, 2009

No rating

pcadvisor.co.uk

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