Bing Blogs - 125

  Imagine a world where hunting for the lost remote control or endlessly scrolling through a scheduling guide becomes a thing of the past.    Instead, what if the entertainment you wanted to have was simple, discoverable and exactly what you wanted at that particular moment? With the release of the new Xbox 360 experience the future of entertainment search is here. With Bing on Xbox you can sort through all of your...
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  Tis’ the season to give. With that in mind, today we’re taking the wraps off the Bing Magical Holiday Calendar an interactive site offering 31 days of fun stuff – including a chance to win a trip around the world, free concerts for a year, new cars or the ultimate fashion experience from partners including Complex Media, Derek Lam, FIAT, Hulu Plus, Live Nation Entertainment, Lonely Planet and Spotify. In addition to...
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When building or managing a website, it almost goes without saying that you need to be in control.  You need to be able to make changes to certain elements if you home to optimize the website properly. Let’s take a look at nine items you should be sure are firmly within your control when you start optimizing a website. And we’re not just talking search engine optimization here.  Think broader than that.  Think of truly...
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In addition to just releasing our Bing End of Year Search Trends yesterday, we also saw some interesting spikes in search terms over the big holiday shopping weekend, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The following data reflects search terms with a higher than normal spike in volume. Black Friday Spiking Search Terms: Searches for retailers spiked on Black Friday, including Toys R Us, Best Buy, Target, Old Navy, Macys, Wal Mart, Home Depot...
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  Andrea Deckard is the mind behind Savingslifestyle.com, a popular site dedicated to helping people save, earn and find the best deals on the web. With Black Friday over and the holiday shopping season in full swing, we could all use some advice on how to still capture great deals, without having to wake up at 3 AM. With that in mind, we invited Andrea to join our #BingIt Twitter chat this Wednesday, November 30th from 12-1pm PT. After...
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According to Bing searches, 2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity fascination, saving money, concern for human tragedy and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to intense trials and natural disasters, Bing has captured history through the searches that mark the year’s most important people, places and moments in time.

Today, we are kicking off the holidays with a new twist on some of the most beloved characters of all-time. Building on the iconic Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the stop-motion animated classic that first premiered in 1964, we are introducing a series of new stop-motion animation shorts featuring the original characters. “Bumble”, the more beloved name for the Abominable Snow Monster, features the lovable...
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  12 a.m. Friday marks the start of the most popular shopping day of the year. A time when thousands of sleep deprived bargain hunters will descend upon malls across the country to vie for the best Black Friday deals. For those that want to get a jump on the rush or prefer to shop from the comfort of home, should check out Bing Shopping. Over the course of the past year, we shipped a host of new features to help you find products of interest...
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We are pleased to announce the winners, pending official confirmation, of the three Bing Rewards sweepstakes that ended on October 30. Our November sweeps have begun! Keep reading for details on the great new prizes we’re offering and how to enter, but first congratulations to our latest winners. Shiny A. of Columbia, South Carolina was drawn as the grand prize winner of 100,000 Bing Rewards credits. We’re looking forward to finding...
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In today’s tough market, the best time to look for a job is while you have one. I often have candidates that are concerned about confidentiality…especially when they weren’t looking and I reached out to them.   So if you plan to start a job search and you are concerned about the word getting out to your current employer, I have provided some Do’s and Don’ts that may help: DON’T Tell coworkers that...
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