Bing Blogs - 148

 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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In the past ten years, search has transformed the way we experience the web even as the web itself has changed.  New user interfaces, mobile devices, and interactive services are evolving beyond text pages intertwining the ‘web’ into all aspects of our lives and thus we expect to be able to do more online with less friction.   Along with the innovation has come an explosion of information and services that are...
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Today Bing Travel is rolling out new improvements to our destination and hotel pages. First up, we are updating our destination pages allowing travelers to compare multiple destinations in one view. Visiting Florida on your next vacation but not sure which cities are a must-visit? Compare multiple destinations on just one page with images, flights, hotels, weather, attractions, events, videos and more for each city.  In one easy view, you can...
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If search trends are a sure indication of an Oscar win, then this year’s best picture statue goes to Black Swan.   But Natalie Portman shouldn’t start preparing her acceptance speech just yet because the awards don’t always go to the most popular star on the marquee or the most searched for movie on the web.  For instance, The Hurt Locker which took last year’s best picture award was searched 35 times less than...
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Whether it’s introducing completely new ways to browse pictures with things like image collage or helping you filter images by color and composition, delivering a more intuitive and visual image search experience is a critical focus area for us. To that end, this week we’re excited to introduce a fresh way to enter the image search experience. Introducing the new image search landing page: The landing page assembles the top images in...
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This week, Bing is on the ground in Park City bringing you exclusive access to film events, speaker series, celebrity interviews and parties from the streets of Sundance.  For those of you who couldn’t make it to the festival, we’re doing something to get you in the spirit. Starting today, we will be posting a series of questions to twitter. Tweet your decision and include @Bing with the hashtag “#decisions” for a...
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We have joined forces with ESPN to bring you a unique feature series highlighting champion quarterbacks and their decisive moments in life and football, as well as a series of activities at ESPN The Magazine’s annual NEXT event during Super Bowl weekend. Beginning today, ESPN is launching a new feature series called “I am a World Champion,” presented by Bing, offering a first-person narrative from the signal callers who helped...
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  Hello job seekers! I hope you are off to a great start into the new decade. Now that 2011 has made its grand entrance and we are in a new year, have you thought about a new job? Here is an easy tip to help you prepare for your next interview! Keep a “kudos” or “You Rock” folder on your computer. Yes, I’m serious! Every time your efforts result in something that gets special recognition from your manager or...
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Microsoft is using social media as foundation for a web-based reality show following the career quests of nine participants. You can follow their exploits online (e.g., at work when the boss isn’t looking), no television required. The Career Factor website went live last week, but the nine participants only started updating their quests yesterday. It’s rare enough to see someone talking about or using social media to advance IT...
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