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The wait is over, Microsoft's new search engine, Bing is now live. It was rumored to be going live on June 3rd, but it went live some time early this morning. Techmeme is buzzing on the launch and Microsoft seems to be getting some pretty good press about the early launch.
The demo last week wasn't as positive as what I see now from the community. I guess people like what they are seeing.
Try it yourself now at Bing.com. Some SEOs are joking that BING stands for, ""But It's Not Google." It is not Google, that is true. The forum discussion is pretty positive, so I thought I ask you in a simple poll, do you like it?
Forum discussion:
- Microsoft To Launch Decision Engine 'Bing' June 3, WebmasterWorld
- Microsoft Unveils Bing - the new search engine, DigitalPoint Forums
- Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results, Sphinn
- Bing : Micrsoft's new search engine, Search Engine Roundtable Forums
- Microsoft’s Bing Vs Google: Head To Head Search Results, Sphinn
- Will Bing,com be your next Search Engine?, Search Engine Watch Forums
- Live Gone - Now Bing, DigitalPoint Forums
- Live switched to Bing, WebmasterWorld
Comments:
James Matthews
06/01/2009 04:47 pm
One of my first searches yielded my sitemap. I think it's very interesting and don't understand the need to include it. Here is the example: http://www.bing.com/search?q=jewelers+lounge&go=&form=QBRE&filt=all
Rob Abdul
06/02/2009 08:55 am
I tried some of my keywords in bing to test it: Keywords "merchandising strategy" (1st in Google.com, 1st in Yahoo.com, nowhere in bing.com) Keywords "signatrue video" (1st in Google.com, 11th in Yahoo.com, nowhere in bing.com) Keywords "virgin corporate strategy" (3rd in Google.com, 1st in Yahoo.com, nowhere in bing.com) I spend an awful amount of time researching and composing my articles, and case studies. It appears to be the old same story; Microsoft does not care about quality content. One more thing, it is my opinion that they handicap sites with Google Adwords.