Microsoft Unveils Massive Upgrade to Bing Search Engine

From maps to movies, ambulatory to travel, Microsoft's see engine meet got a field facelift.

At an circumstance in San Francisco, the code colossus declared a riches of upgrades and improvements to its see engine Bing, Microsoft's respond to Google's favourite see tool. The cornucopia of updates touches on a difference of assorted areas, from topical enhancements to Facebook combining to changes to the function functionality.

Most of these upgrades and feature enhancements module be acquirable today or after this month, reportable business journal Search Engine Land. 

Facebook integration: Bing is transfer “like” accumulation into set see crossways every queries. Search results module today exhibit which course on the see engine results tender hit been “liked” by a person’s Facebook friends. This feature module exhibit what a person’s friends “liked” on the important results tender and module be assorted for apiece user.

Improved function features: Bing Maps module add mpas of venues much as shopping malls and museums, installation directions, and more.

Check-in function: Share your underway positioning with friends and kinsfolk via Facebook, rectangle or Windows Live Activity Stream.

Bing Vision: Bring an goal into the [camera] viewfinder, stop it ease and Bing module notice book and inform a highlighter agency to superior text for a search. If the goal has a barcode, Bing module directly convey creation results. Search for a nearby playing organisation by pointing your camera at a landmark.

Microsoft has been struggling to attain the well-reviewed Bing see engine more favourite with users, Dow designer reported. Launched in June 2009, Bing had 11.8% of the see mart in November, up from 11.5% in October, a spokesman at accumulation tracker comScore told the newswire. But Google had nearly digit thirds of the mart patch Microsoft relation character had 16.4%. 

Satya Nadella, who runs field at the Microsoft's Online Services Division, said Bing has grown for 19-consecutive months and today has 90 meg users, Dow designer said.

For every the details, see Search Engine Land.

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