Bing Search Results Tests "Click To See Full Answer"

Jun 27, 2022 - 7:31 am 3 by
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Here is a weird one from Microsoft Bing, it seems to be tested "click to see full answer" in its search results answer section before showing you the answer. I mean, this seems super counterintuitive for a search engine to require an additional click, but hey - search engines test a lot of things.

This was spotted by David Iwanow on Twitter who posted this screenshot for the query [0.7 gbp to eur]:

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I tried to replicate this in several browsers and even set my location the the UK, where I think David is based. I was unable to replicate this.

Here are more examples:

As you can see, it says "we are learning about how to make search more useful for you." Again, I don't understand why this click would be useful but hey...

Here is what I see:

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Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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