Bing is Go

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Bing LogoMicrosoft’s new Bing search engine isn’t scheduled to officially replace Live Search until next Wednesday, but it’s now up and available in preview mode at Bing.com. If you try it out, let us know what you think; me, I plan to try and use it for a bit whenever I’d usually turn to Google, so my impressions are real-world ones based on my own everyday searches. I’ll share my impressions as I form them.

To recap, Bing attempts to differentiate itself from what Steve Ballmer would call “the market leader” in search by focusing on helping users with four common action-oriented search tasks: making a purchase, planning a trip, researching a health condition and finding a local business. Here’s what you get at the top if you search for mazda3–not a plain link to Mazda’s site, but a sort of mini-review with user ratings, links to specs and safety stats, and more:

Mazda3

 
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  1. Tom B Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 4:13 am

    OK, I’m not impressed with your example. But, it’s worth giving it a try, I guess.

  2. ogman Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 4:20 am

    The hype definitely doesn’t match the substance.

  3. Video Security Camera Lenses Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 10:25 am

    I have tried it a few times and its ok, to be honest it seems that all search engines are about the same, each one has its own things I like but for the most part I use google and yahoo. I will though try this one out for a while before I say one way or another as to if I like it or not.

  4. Jeff Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Just one more Microsoft I won’t be using.

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