As a Microsoftie it sometimes feels like we are obligated to use the products (or at least pretend we do), but when it comes to Bing I willingly drink the Kool-Aid and eat the dog food on this one. Actually, I feel like I never close the Bing.com tab on my browser because I am always using it. Since it’s not a search engine but a decision engine (!!!!!), I decided to keep a journal today of what I went there to do.
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Search didn’t return the correct results? There are many reasons a search may not return the results you’d like. You can simply walk back through a couple areas such as Advanced Search and Search Effectively while reviewing what you entered for your search to find and make the adjustments to re-run it (see parts #1, #2, and #3 of this series). It could be something as simple as you accidentally added a space or possible typed a word in...
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Having trouble finding what you want in your searches? Keep in mind that the quality of your results depends a lot on the words that you use to search. Here are some tips to make every search more effective:
Make sure that you spell search words correctly. Remember to leave a space between each word in your query.
Use words that you would expect to find in the websites that you’re looking for during your search.
Use the OR (A search...
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If you’ve done a search and want to narrow the results, you can use Bing’s advanced search option to help. At the top of your search results page, click advanced to open the advanced search box. Choose the parameters of your search. You can look for results by:
Search Terms
All of these terms: Uses an AND operation (a search keyword that you can use to find results that contain the entire search terms you specify...
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So my beloved Seahawks were off to a great start during exhibition but stricken with injuries and what not we now have a 5-7 record. Nevertheless, this season overall has been fun to watch. Peyton and company never cease to amaze me and Farve as a Viking has been interesting–I am beginning to think that experience is way more valuable than pure physical ability. Since I have had more time to watch football this season, I find...
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I visited my parents this week and I asked if they were using Bing.…
“Bing?, What’s Bing?”
I was shocked.
How is it that Bing is being advertised on every networking television program, and my father (who is permanently glued to the TV), has no idea what it is. I explained it was a search engine and he was still confused. And it wasn’t until I told him the...
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I read an article today that mentioned some interesting metrics that I wanted to share with you:
“Retailers have spent 47% more on search ads on Bing in Q4 this year than during the same time period in 2008,” according to SearchIgnite.
Now obviously the total numbers are still very small next to what Advertisers spend on Google, but what a 47% increase in Ad spend tells me, is that despite having a LOOOOOONG way...
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