Bing Blogs - 166

Comparison shopping has been around for ages and all of us do it. Whether checking different stores to compare prices or reading reviews on various products, there’s just something about getting the best deal on the best product that validates the entire shopping experience (or maybe that’s just me).  As more and more activities become mobile, comparison shopping is as well. In fact, research shows that 56% of iPhone users compare...
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This week, Microsoft took the wraps off Windows Phone 7, as reviewers have begun publishing in-depth reviews of the new experience from Windows Phone (congratulations to our colleagues over in Windows Phone Team ). Like lots of others at Microsoft, we’re device geeks who couldn’t wait to get our hands on what is shaping up to be an elegant, intuitive experience spanning lots of the common things we all need to get done each day. Not...
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One question that users often ask is how they can find past homepage images.  Sure those arrows let you revisit the last 7 days’ worth of homepages, but what about last month? Well, you asked and we answered. Today we’re really excited to announce our Bing homepage Visual Search gallery!    Now you can go back through previous homepage images to see what you’ve missed or revisit old favorites. And you can sort...
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One of the most significant things our search and advertising platform teams have been working on over the past several months is the preparation and engineering for our search alliance with Yahoo! When we announced our intention to enter into a search and advertising relationship with Yahoo! almost a year ago, we began a journey that will help us build a scale search advertising marketplace and provide a real competitive alternative for consumers...
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I joined LinkedIn back in 2005. Approximately 2 years after the business networking site had launched. Like blogging, joining a community like this was foreign to me, but I thought the concept was really neat and wanted to learn more about it. I consider myself an open networker and truly see the value in having many connections. But, over the past year, I have noticed a tremendous amount of spammers sending me invites. I have become guarded and...
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Some of the engineering roles we have at Microsoft are best explained through the stories of the people who do the work day in and day out. Bing is one of the most exciting groups at Microsoft and has very strong, very dedicated Software Development Engineers in Test. This interview is to give insight into the role and to what it’s like to work on a web service at Microsoft. (too read more about this post, please find the original story at...
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Today the Microsoft Research team will be at SIGIR 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland discussing new updates to the Web N-gram service and participating in a number of other workshops as well as a Keynote. Where you can Find Microsoft at SIGIR: Keynote: Refactoring the Search Problem to Exploit Difference Between Clients and Servers Dr. Gary Flake, Microsoft, Director of Live Labs Workshops: · Crowd Sourcing for Search Evaluation ·...
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You may have noticed that Bing’s Tuesday homepage was a tribute to a celebration in Japan. We were celebrating as Bing Japan removed its beta tag, launched a new product feature and became a contender in the Japanese search market. There were many new features to show the crowd but to showcase our focus on entertainment; we hit the city with Yoshimoto Entertainment Company, one of the most prominent celebrity agents in Japan. The fans...
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Every day students use Bing to learn and explore, so we have a vested interest in seeing them succeed.  Whether that is through providing new tools for teachers and students, sponsoring programs like 10,000 Rockets or through our various partnerships. Recently we have had the opportunity to partner with DonorsChoose.org to help bring funding to classroom projects across the US with programs like the Teacher Appreciation program that just...
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Conduct people searches instead of a job searches. The majority of jobs aren’t posted online. Most hiring managers get a list of employee referrals before they even bother to view resumes from recruiters who submit them. Many studies have noted that 80% of jobs are taken through networking, but few have used the web to search and locate people they would actually enjoy working with and for companies that would give them solid career path. 3...
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