Bing

[ichwar]

Microsoft is supposed to release Bing with in the next two weeks.
http://bing.com

Watch the demo:
http://www.decisionengine.com/Default.html

Pretty cool eh? But I still doubt it will outperform Google.

 

[garrettroyce]

I guess Live search and MSN weren't enough?

Well, it looks cool. I'd like to try it.

 

[zen-r]

It's not a search engine, it's a "decision engine". LOL

Here's a boring story making fun of it, if you're interested ;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/microsoft_bing/

 

[Twinkie]

Wow, that looks great. If Microsoft pulls it off, it would be a great research tool. It would never replace Google for simple searches, and I bet they made it a point not to try. This is one of the first non-cloned ideas Microsoft has ever offered. Its very hard to organize search results that wouldn't obstruct simple tasks, like searching for something your not sure what category it would be placed under. Lets see what happens.

 

[garrettroyce]

I'm surprised they didn't launch this under the Windows Live banner along with everything else they've done recently. They seem to like using their name as much as possible in their products' names. Wonder where they came up with "bing"

 

[Twinkie]

Probably they wanted people to go WTF when they heard it, and be interested to know what could possibly be called bing. I find the name annoying.

 

[garrettroyce]

Yeah it is annoying. I thought it was going to be "bing, I had a great idea" or "I love Bing Crosby" or "Who likes bing cherries?" Search engine never crossed my mind lol

 

[Kayos]

It sounds pretty neat. Not sure it would be a Google replacement but it looks like it'll be a good tool for certain things that Google just can't do.

And boy that video is kinda cheesy in some parts..

 

[fguy64]

It's not a search engine, it's a "decision engine". LOL

Here's a boring story making fun of it, if you're interested ;

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/28/microsoft_bing/

kinda sounds like another Microsoft attempt to dumb things down. I think this one will probably go the way of Microsoft Bob. I'll be avoiding it like the plague.

 

[ichwar]

Yeah it is annoying. I thought it was going to be "Who likes bing cherries?" Search engine never crossed my mind lol

That's exactly what crossed my mind when I first heard of it.
Edit:

And boy that video is kinda cheesy in some parts..

You'd better believe it is. It reminded me of a recent microsoft released video clip advertising some MS software, but the person was running it on a mac. hehe. Needless to say, that software never left the ground.

 

[farscapeone]

They say it's simple but from what I can tell by watching that video ... Google don't have a thing to worry about

 

[ichwar]

They say it's simple but from what I can tell by watching that video ... Google don't have a thing to worry about

yeah, it looked kind of confusing to me too. Oh well, we'll jut have to wait till it goes live, and answer this question once and for all. I'm not setting any hopes on it though.

 

[Hauzer]

Neither am I, but what's wrong with Live! Search? Not that I use it, the only two I use is Google and Yahoo. Most likely those are the only two search engines I'd use.

At least this Bing has a unique feature, but I wouldn't say it would get too popular. I can't imaging my school teacher saying look it up on Bing. Lol.

 

[ichwar]

I can't imaging my school teacher saying look it up on Bing. Lol.

I think microsoft is trying to accomplish the impossible. I don't believe they'll ever replace Google. But competition always drives the quality up!

 

[garrettroyce]

Now, instead of saying "Google it" you can say "Bing it"

 

[ichwar]

Hmmm, bing don't got the ring that google has.

 

[Smith6612]

This is sounding quite cool. I wonder what happened to Microsoft's MSN/Live search though. They must have abandoned it for a better design.

 

[ichwar]

hehe, does that mean they're quitting development on msn and live?

 

[garrettroyce]

Probably not. Microsoft loves spamming products. I mean, really, there were 5 different versions of Vista.

 

[ichwar]

5? I've only heard of four.