New search engine from Microsoft Bing.com is already live. Engine of Bing is not used only by Bing.com but by MSN and Live.com, as well (all are owned by Microsoft).
So far Bing looks like easy to use Search engine that should help Microsoft to be recognized again in the market.
There are few main types of content you may search for: Web, Images, Videos, Shopping, News and Maps.
Web search
Results of web search are presented in nice and easy to read form. It is hard to say if Bing gives better results then other Search engines does because sometimes it is Bing that gives worst results and with different keywords it may be the other way.
Bing is using "geolocation" technology to provide users with the most accurate results regarding to their position.
If you search for well known topics then Bing may offer you a better results then others.
In the right side of result page there is a space for "sponsored links" so it looks like Microsoft would like to get more users by offering features similar to other search engines.
Search for Images
Like the others, Bing allows users to search for images. Bing's technology gives you opportunity to search for images similar to one that you prefer the most. Let's say you search for "tree". In results you will get about 32 million of images. If you move your cursor over the one that is similar to your expectations, you get a little window with information about image bellow your cursor and two options: show similar images and feedback on this image.
If you choose "show similar images" Bing searches for shapes and colors that are similar to previous image. This technology was used in few search engines before but this is first time when big search engine likne MSN and Live has this technology.
You have a few options how you can filter search results. For example you can choose preferred layout, color, style…
You can even choose size of thumbnails to make scanning in results easier for you.
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