Bing is Microsoft's answer to Google. It recently launched in May and is slowly - very slowly - gaining a following.
For me searching on Google has become second nature. I'm not the only one. What was once a trademark name with "Google" has now become a verb.
But I'm open to trying new things. So I've been checking out Bing and I have to say that it totally kicks Google's ass when it comes to image searches. You can sort by layout, size, color... As someone who is often "liberating" images for use in PowerPoints, this is pure heaven.
And the video search feature also provides you with additional options Google doesn't currently provide such as the ability to search by resolution, length, source and more.
The Web search can produce different results and rankings when you compare the same terms on both Google and Bing. I'm not sure which one is better, but I think I may actually prefer the Bing user interface.
Where Bing falls short is on the News search functionality. There aren't any options to push news alert to your email but they do offer RSS.
I'll continue to test Bing out and maybe next time someone asks me a question that requires some Internet research I'll reply: "Hold on and let me Bing that."
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