Microsoft's new 'knowledge engine' Bing has attracted nealry 50 million unique US visitors according to figures from compete.com since launching at the beginning of June. This has made Bing more popular than CNN, Twitter and Digg who have had less traffic to their web pages. This is certainly a promising start for Bing however they still have a long way to go to compete with competitors Google and Yahoo.
BING'S FEATURES:
Interface Changes
- There are daily changes to the background image, left side navigation with right side extended preview with related searches and prior searches.
Media Features
- Video thumbnail Preview where, by hovering over a video thumbnail, the video automatically starts playing.
- Video search with adjustable setting for length, screen size, resolution and source.
Instant Answers
- Sports. Bing can directly display scores from a specific day, recent scores from a league or scores and statistics on teams or players.
- Finance. When entering a company name or stock symbol and either stock or quote in the search box Bing will show direct stock information like a stockchart, price, volume, and p/e ratio in a webslice that users can subscribe to.
- Math calculations
- Celebrity news
- Dictionary. When 'define', 'definition' or 'what is' followed by a word is entered in the searchbox Bing will show a direct answer from the Encarta dictionary.
- Health info - Product shopping and Bing cashback
Local Info
- Current traffic info
- Business listing
- People listing
- Collections
- Localized searching for restaurants and services
- Restaurant reviews
BING'S FEATURES:
Interface Changes
- There are daily changes to the background image, left side navigation with right side extended preview with related searches and prior searches.
Media Features
- Video thumbnail Preview where, by hovering over a video thumbnail, the video automatically starts playing.
- Video search with adjustable setting for length, screen size, resolution and source.
Instant Answers
- Sports. Bing can directly display scores from a specific day, recent scores from a league or scores and statistics on teams or players.
- Finance. When entering a company name or stock symbol and either stock or quote in the search box Bing will show direct stock information like a stockchart, price, volume, and p/e ratio in a webslice that users can subscribe to.
- Math calculations
- Celebrity news
- Dictionary. When 'define', 'definition' or 'what is' followed by a word is entered in the searchbox Bing will show a direct answer from the Encarta dictionary.
- Health info - Product shopping and Bing cashback
Local Info
- Current traffic info
- Business listing
- People listing
- Collections
- Localized searching for restaurants and services
- Restaurant reviews
