Software giant Microsoft Inc on Thursday unveiled a new Web search engine, Bing, designed to intuitively understand what people are seeking on the Internet and challenge web search engine king Google. Microsoft described Bing as a “Decision Engine” and said it will be deployed worldwide at Bing.com by Wednesday. Microsoft plans to replace current default search engine Live Search engine with Bing after two days of select user testing. The new model employs technology developed by Powerset, the search technology company acquired by Microsoft in 2008.Bing’s launch comes in the wake of Google and Yahoo! announcing refinements to their search services. “Today, search engines do a decent job of helping people navigate the Web and find information, but they don’t do a very good job of enabling people to use the information they find,” said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. “When we set out to build Bing, we grounded ourselves in a deep understanding of how people really want to use the Web.” Bing relies predominately on algorithms and key words to provide results for online searches but has infused some semantic technology that deduces intended meanings of phrases, according to Microsoft.
Bing is the hope and prayers of all Microsoft employees, especially Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. According to Microsoft, it’s a “decision engine” that will help you make decisions about travel, health, and shopping. First thing to note is that Bing is not going to give you results for normal search queries like Google. So what is Bing do that will make you want to use it? Bing’s main advancement is in semantic search. For example, if you search for an xBox game, not only will you get a list of normal blue link results, but you’ll also get a list of related searches, which includes things like walkthroughs, news, errors, etc. If you search for “Samsung LCD TVs”, you’ll get what is called a Guided Search, which means you’ll have options like looking at Reviews, Manuals, Repair, Images, Videos, etc that are directly related to the item you are searching.
Bing will be launched on 3rd June 2009
For More Information visit: http://www.bing.com/
Bing will be launched on 3rd June 2009
For More Information visit: http://www.bing.com/
Nice search engine... waiting eagerly. :)
ReplyDeleteBing also does very well in at least one area where Google should do better. The video search result page for "Thomas Jefferson" in Google gives you a vertical list of videos. On Bing, you get a big grid that's easier to scan, and a list of related videos on the left for "George Washington," "James Madison," and so on. The search results are about equivalent, but Bing's presentation is far superior.
ReplyDeleteIs it really semantic search engine... need to explore more i think..
ReplyDeleteCant beat google search
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