Cortana and Bing help get you in the Halloween spirit

Cortana and Bing help get you in the Halloween spirit

Halloween is creeping up. Whether you need a terrifying costume for your dog, tips for carving the perfect pumpkin, or a recipe to concoct a bubbling potion for your party, Bing can help. Using the top Halloween-related searches, we’ve scared up some tricks and treats to make your fright night even better. Bing Tricks Last-minute costumes The Bing team has made it easy to search costumes for kids or adults. Once you’ve found your perfect match...
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Trick or Treat? The Bing It On Challenge Invited New York to Decide

  Last week, the Bing It On Challenge descended on New York City to dole out some tricks and treats. Actress, fashion designer and new mom Kristin Cavallari teamed with us to host an event at The Spirit Halloween store where we encouraged New Yorkers to decide which search engine they preferred. Many costume seekers were surprised to learn that in a blind comparison test people chose Bing’s web search results over Google nearly 2:1...
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Bing Teams with Celebrity Stylists to Help You Shine This Halloween without Spending a Fortune

  It’s shaping up to be a Do-It-Yourself kind of Halloween. According to a recent Bing Survey, nearly 40 % of people said they are abandoning store-bought outfits in favor of making their own costumes this year. 43% of people believe that purchasing a Halloween costume for one night is too expensive (nearly a four-fold increase over last year.) In fact, many people are ditching store bought outfits altogether and embracing their...
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The Search is on for Halloween Costumes

Did October sneak up on you as fast as it did me? All I know is once the calendar reads October the Halloween preparations begin.  Before anything else- before I dust off my box of Halloween decorations, before I figure out what all my friends plans are for that night-  I head online to decide what to dress up like and more importantly to decide what to dress my kids in. OK, maybe not more importantly as one would suspect. Our data...
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Ghost? Bumble bee? No? Ok, This Year it is a Vampire!

Did you just get that Facebook invite to the company Halloween party or finally opened that evite in your email inbox inviting you to the Haunted House at your friends house. Must be time for costume shopping! Well no fear (ok…maybe some fear) because Bing shopping is highlighting Halloween costumes under the “Spooktacular Costumes” section on the Bing shopping homepage.   If you are looking for that super hero costume you...
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