To Bing or not to Bing? (Hands on)

[TheVinesKid]

Bing just launched early you guys =D (the 'preview' version at least)
Go test it out! I'm pretty impressed with it so far =D

 

[Win7User512]

Tried it. Feels kinda new and snappy. But the interface is pretty much Google so far; particularly the top left links.

But it seems to work pretty well.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Its nice, lately microsoft things seem to be more... okay they've flat out been better.

 

[Win7User512]

Maybe they'll change the name before moving it out of "preview."....

 

[Slimy]

Maybe they'll change the name before moving it out of "preview."....

No, they won't.

 

[Win7User512]

No, they won't.

I know. They have once again tried to be "inventive" with naming a product.

 

[garysgold]

Has anyone seen the bit where you can slide the mouse to the right of the listing and it pulls more info from the site. That is cool.

 

[TheVinesKid]

Has anyone seen the bit where you can slide the mouse to the right of the listing and it pulls more info from the site. That is cool.

I know! I was nerdgasming XD lol
I was really impressed with Bing so far, and b/c of that, I kinda like the name now =]
it's already my default search, that way I can really test it out.
I do hope that they put the differnt search links (image, map, etc) on the left rather than the top. If you notice, for some searches they are there, but for others there's nothing. It handy when they're on the left I think.
but not a big deal if they're on the top, I'm used to it from google.
But just keep them in one place =P

 

[mxosder16]

I think it would be cool if they could add weather to the homepage (as you can sign in with your live account)

But other than that, it has turned out to exceed my expectations

 

[Jacee]

It still looks like "Live Search" to me

 

[tw33k]

very interesting development. i opened bing and searched for 7201.0.090601-1516_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso and got no results but when i googled it i got loads

 

[TripOG]

yeah tw33k i noticed the same thing, but i do like bings image and video search

 

[tw33k]

u think m$ has blocked it to prevent people d/ling the leak?

 

[Jacee]

tw33k, I can't see where 'bing' a 'leak'. :huh:
Bing

 

[tw33k]

tw33k, I can't see where 'bing' a 'leak'. :huh:
Bing

no...what i was saying was that if you search for the file name of the new leak in bing, it will give 0 results

 

[Jacee]

Ahh! So you found my "well, Duh" side :roflmao:

 

[tw33k]

lol...it's very interesting and shows that m$ must be censoring it's search engine. wonder what else they won't let people discover

 

[dmex]

lol...it's very interesting and shows that m$ must be censoring it's search engine. wonder what else they won't let people discover

Censoring Search results is a big can of Worms, If they are then its a ******* stupid idea if they want people to seriously consider their search engine instead of Google or Yahoo and it will allow Corporations the (legal?) right to request search results be removed for all sorts of things instead of using traditional DMCA Notices

 

[tw33k]

Censoring Search results is a big can of Worms, If they are then its a ******* stupid idea if they want people to seriously consider their search engine instead of Google or Yahoo and it will allow Corporations the (legal?) right to request search results be removed for all sorts of things instead of using traditional DMCA Notices

exactly. when i found this i automatically wondered what other content they've suppressed. this finding has huge implications and people need to be made aware of it

 

[Abhimanyu]

Apparently you cant search for the word "Sex" in India using bing.
Also i tried searching for some lyrics and wasn't able to a find the song.

My Verdict: Not To Bing! Google FTW!!