A few weeks ago, we shared the top Bing searches for 2011 which captured a snapshot of the year’s most important people, places and moments in time.
With 2011 wrapping up and the New Year around the bend, we fielded a survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults on how they felt about 2011 and how they plan to ring in 2012. From resolutions to New Year’s Eve celebration plans, here’s what they had to say:
2011
This was a year of ups and...
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Since launching Bing in 2009, we’ve had to overcome many of the classic challenges facing startups. As a service trying to disrupt a mature space – we appreciate the need to stay nimble, tenacious and creative. As a result, we have an affinity for startups and the innovations, relentless energy and tremendous support coming out of that community.
To that end, we recently created the Bing Booster program as a way for us to give back...
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Theophilus London and Bing invite you to unleash your inner producer for a chance to have your remix featured on London’s next album. If you have the creative chops, you can submit your remix of Theophilus London’s track ‘All Around The World’ here. The winner will join the global MC/singer in his New York studio to put the finishing touches on the remix, which will be featured on the upcoming release.
I’m Ross Comer and I lead the team that develops the Bing homepage. Having run other parts of Bing such as News and Entertainment Search, it’s very exciting to now be responsible for the homepage which is the best visual representation of the Bing brand. It is a key differentiator from our competitors who, despite efforts to do so, have been unable to duplicate (you might recall one such disastrous effort by a competitor...
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With last week’s release of Xbox LIVE update including Bing on Xbox voice search, we invited Larry Hyrb (better known as Major Nelson) to join us for this week’s #BingIt conversation.
Larry’s renowned blog “Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson” provides an “inside” look at all things Xbox.
Join us on Wednesday, December 14th from 12-1pm PST, when Larry will be sharing his Xbox knowledge and will be on...
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2011 is almost in the history books, so now seems like a great time to take a look back over the year and remember what we’ve been up to here at Bing Webmaster Tools. First hand it’s easy to see how quickly a year can slip by. Being inside a search engine is an amazing place, and this year saw solid growth for our Webmaster program. We covered a lot of ground attending conferences all around the US, met a ton of folks...
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Last Wednesday, Microsoft Advertising sponsored the 13th Seattle Girl Geek Dinner. For those of you that haven’t heard of the Girl Geek Dinner community, it was started by a woman in London, who had a vision for geeky women across the globe to have informal community that facilitated learning, networking, and fun. Liz Morgan, a Talent Strategist for the Online Services Division started the Seattle community back in 2008. This is Microsoft...
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On Tuesday, with the Holiday release of Xbox LIVE we introduced Bing on Xbox which lets you sort through all of your entertainment content – including movies, games, TV shows, apps and music – with just the sound of your voice. With the updates landing in people’s living rooms this week, Michelle Holtmann on the core search team came by to talk with us about what it was like working on the project.
Michelle is the...
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To cap the first week of the Bing Magic Holiday Calendar, we are ending with a bang. Visit the calendar today for a chance to win free concerts for a year. Our partners at Live Nation are giving the gift that keeps giving – a year of free tickets to your favorite concerts.
So go enter and while you’re waiting to see if you won, check out Bing Events. You can find everything from tour dates, VIP packages and through...
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Actress Shenae Grimes plays the role of Annie Wilson, a Beverly Hills transplant from Kansas on the CW’s hit show 90210. Despite the fancy zip code, Shenae’s heart – especially during the holiday season – is focused on giving back through her charitable movement, Spread The Heart, and her recent Art Basel photography exhibit on the homeless called Travelers. Check out the video from Miami: