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Today we spent some time in San Francisco to talk with people about the latest release of Bing which is rolling out in the coming weeks. We love getting the opportunity to share what we’re up to and talk about what’s next for search in general and for Bing in particular.
There are a number of links below that detail the features going live in the coming days. I encourage you to read the posts, try the product and please let us know what you think over at @bing on Twitter and at facebook.com/bing. Now, I want to give you a high level look at how we’re thinking about this latest release.
Our focus on reimagining what search can be to better respond to what you’re doing has not changed. To do that, we are building new technologies that help Bing figure out what people like you are trying to do, and match that with the right experiences to help get things done.
The core of our work addresses the fact that the web is getting more complex and faceted- not less. At the same time, your time is being compressed more than ever. But this ever evolving web provides footholds on which Bing can build that can help cut through the noise. This evolution challenges us and the industry to more thoughtfully define search quality as more than just speed or how well we’ve matched links to your query. To us a quality search result is comprised of a few things:
The bottom line is that search will continue to evolve at a rapid pace as consumers come to expect more solutions at the end of their online journey rather than just more questions.
It’s an ongoing journey, to be sure. In October, for instance, we launched a new and exclusive collaboration with Facebook designed to make search more social and relevant to you. We have lots more in store as we find new and useful ways to let you bring your friends into Bing to help you make better decisions.
Here’s a brief look at some of the new work we showed today organized into how we think the work will benefit you:
We continue to look for new ways to bring more visual and social experiences to Bing to help make it the best place to make decisions and get stuff done.
Satya Nadella, Senior Vice President, Online Services Division
Yes this search engine has evolved substantially since it’s beginning. I can only guess what ‘Bing’ is going to become. From what is described in this blog post ‘Bing’ will become unlike any other search engine at this present time. Possibly resembling something like ‘Windows Phone 7’ operating system where everything becomes connected seamlessly.
Is there any news on when the Bing HTML 5 update is coming as demoed on the IE9 beta launch?
Will there be "local results" for other countries, like Google Places?
I am in Brazil
I like Bing for a lot of things but why is there no updated app for Windows Mobile 6.x?
Until my next cell contract I will be using my HTC Touch Pro and Microsoft not making updates for their existing userbase sends a signal I don't think they want to send. And I hope they come out with the promised Professional version of WM 7 soon.
Bing needs to update its international editions. For those who live outside the U.S., Bing sucks big time. That's why outside of the U.S., 97% of the world uses Google. Why? Because Google took the time and effort to make sure its international offerings were the same as that of it's U.S. version. My wish is for Bing to start systematically to upgrade all of its versions outside the U.S. to have the same options as the U.S. version. Better yet, get Microsoft subsidiaries in each country to do the work based on U.S. model as a template. Get local Bing engineers in those countries to make local Bing so local people will use it.
yea, localization is important, where is bing malaysia version?
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