Bing Blogs - 146

As the official Decision Engine of ESPN The Magazine’s 2011 NEXT event, Bing presented an open-to-the-public panel at the River Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas yesterday featuring Super Bowl winning quarterbacks including Joe Montana, Doug Williams and Kurt Warner. ESPN Monday Night Football Broadcaster Mike Tirico interviewed this panel of world champions and uncovered their most decisive moments on and off the field.  Check out the...
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On February 13th, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Arcade Fire will battle it out to see who will take home the Grammy for Album of the Year.  Will it come down to a “lady” or will the California girl extinguish the “Fire”?   It’s anyone’s guess, but if people searching Bing determined the outcome the statue would go to Lady Gaga. Once again, we have delved into the search logs to read...
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Our advertising team is working to deliver unique digital advertising experiences to key audiences.  Natasha is the Director of Global Insights and Analytics for Microsoft Advertising.  She discusses a topic that is near and dear to her heart: Multi Screen Moms.  Learn about how Moms use their digital devices and what unique advertising opportunities this creates.  You can view her blog entry and webcast here.  Are you a...
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Earlier today, 6 teams faced off to settle the question of which city has the best tailgaters in the nation.  In the shadow of Sunday’s big game, the Bing National Tailgating Championship showcased the best tailgating teams from across the country as they competed across four categories including team spirit, sports trivia, parking lot agility and cooking. It is our honor to congratulate the Bulls Eye Tailgaters from Houston...
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Earlier today, IANA, the international body responsible for distributing Internet addresses, completed its final allocation of IPv4 addresses. IPv4 has been the primary communication protocol for the Internet for more than 20 years, so this final allocation marks the end of an era, to the extent the brief history of the Internet can be categorized this way. Considering the rapid proliferation of personal computers, smartphones, networked...
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I was unable to attend the Farsight conference yesterday but watched events unfold online and wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts and make sure everyone is clear about a few things. It was interesting to watch the level of protest and feigned outrage from Google. One wonders what brought them to a place where they would level these kinds of accusations. Before we explore that, let me clear up a few things once and for all. We do not...
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We’re just a few days away from Super Bowl XLV and with everyone preparing for Super Sunday, we figured at Bing Maps we’d do the same. Today, we updated the Bird’s-eye and Aerial images in the Arlington area to show off Cowboys Stadium. 
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This morning, I will be on a panel at the Farsight Summit with some of the industry’s thought leaders to talk about search quality as we look into the future of search. Farsight is about looking 10 years into the future to explore the big industry challenges and opportunities ahead of us as we work to deliver the next generation of search. We woke up to an interesting (and interestingly timed) article by Danny Sullivan about some complaints...
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 Hey bloggers!  My name is J.J. and I’m a Test Lead on the Autopilot team within Bing.  Have you ever wondered how a massively distributed search engine is built, monitored, and maintained?  So did I several years ago when I joined the Bing team (back before it was actually called Bing).  My team and I work on testing one of the biggest, baddest, and most highly distributed software applications on the planet. ...
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Which player would you most like to watch the big game with? Who was the best looking player on the field this season? What are the odds that you’ll be eating Buffalo wings on Sunday? Which city’s team was searched most often? Ahead of Sunday’s game, we delved into the search data and conducted a survey to find out. What’s more, we created an infographic to bring the stats to life. Click on the image to see full screen and...
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