Microsofts' answer to Google is out.The all new windows search engine launched on June 1st.Quite attractive ,google like menus, a customizable background and adequate speed - that is what one feels when using Bing for the first time.Since the interface is google like users get easily accustomed to it.The image search is beautifully designed.An image search returns a set of results which can be viewed in different zoom modes.On hovering the mouse over an image the image gets zoomed and the zoomed image displays the file name,website information and image dimension.There are also options to search similar images and send feedback in this zoom mode.On clicking an image ,the page got loaded faster than google images.And overall we get a vista feel with smooth transitions and fadings between transitions.
Microsoft has made a copy of google in generating revenue via searches.On searching any keyword,we find that ads related to the keyword appear to the right of the page just as in google.
One of the most attractive feature is the video search.The search page displays thumbnails of the videos in the search result.On moving the mouse over a thumbnail a preview of the video is displayed.Cool feature.Finally we get a feel that there is something missing in google search.But there is very serious drawback in this feature.Within hours of its launch ,many visitors found that if the word porn is searched in video search mode ,then a list of porn thumbnails get displayed.You can watch preview of each porn thumbnail by using your mouse.The thumbnail video gets played even if the site to which it is linked is blocked.So parents be careful,if you see your children hooked to bing,they may be using this nice feature to explore censored stuff!!.
Overall the bing has turned out to be a quality product from a market leader like Microsoft.Finally they have acheived something worth for all the hardwork they have done over the years.
So kudos to the bing team at Microsoft.
Goto www.bing.com for your bing experience and start binging!!
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