Microsoft's New Search Engine

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:18 am

http://bing.com

a rebranding of live.com search engine also adding some new features, the official release is on June 3rd but apparently they JUST put the site up so you can use it now.

It is supposed to catagorize things "smarter" to help you make decisions easier, who knows if it will get any critical mass but there it is.

Here is their official video

http://www.decisionengine.com/Default.html

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:58 am

not bad, with the one search i did.

more relevant results than google

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:25 am

Panzer88 wrote:http://bling.com

they see me rollin' they hatin' patrollin' they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty

Francis64 · Post by **Francis64** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:39 am

I've read a few pages saying that Bing is a recursive acronym for "Bing is not Google". Can anyone confirm that?

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:01 am

Francis64 wrote:I've read a few pages saying that Bing is a recursive acronym for "Bing is not Google". Can anyone confirm that?

Given that's not the Microsoft Way... I'm skeptical. I'd bet it's the Lunix guys pressing their worldview onto MS' products.

That or Word is a recursive acronym for "Word Offers Repetitive Dialogs."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(sear ... ame_origin

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:20 am

well shit, this should go in Tech or General Nonsense, my bad.

yeah I like the endless scroll of video and pictures.

The main advantage seems to be their sidebar, search for images for example, then if it is a person you are looking for you can sort by head shots, full body, etc.

also they are trying to advertise teh amazingness of their shopping and travel search modes but I probably won't use them much

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:04 pm

Panzer88 wrote:head shots

KILLING SPREE

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:47 pm

Panzer88 wrote:well shit, this should go in Tech or General Nonsense, my bad.

It is there now.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:59 am

grinvader wrote:
Panzer88 wrote:http://bling.com
they see me rollin' they hatin' patrollin' they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty

i just bothered to check that link. funny.

i actually did some search on an external HDD problem my sister was having.

gllt · Post by **gllt** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:24 pm

http://www.bing.com/search?q=zsnes&go=&form=QBLH

Post by **badinsults** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:23 pm

Bing is terrible. I might be a bit biased, but when I search for "snes" on google, Snes Central shows up in the top 10 results, while on bing, I searched through the first 30 pages of results, and it didn't even appear. How does the biggest SNES website not even come up?

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:39 am

badinsults wrote:Bing is terrible. .. "snes" ...

try "zsnes (btw i'm too stupid to learn the name of the emulator)" (yes, it purposedly mis-spelled) ...

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:46 am

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%2bbnes&FORM=RCRE
?

MisterJones · Post by **MisterJones** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:21 pm

check zsnes first few results

AamirM · Post by **AamirM** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:09 pm

I like its video searching feature.

Gives "fresh" results and a quick preview as well.

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:59 pm

Not bad The gaming Center work at came in third place. ^^
ZSNES is of course Legendary and is king of the hill O_O

Francis64 · Post by **Francis64** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:24 am

I'm surprised no one mentioned Google Squared and Wolfram Alpha:

http://www.google.com/squared/

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Killa B · Post by **Killa B** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:55 am

Wow, Google Squared is awesome! I tried SNES and roguelike. The results for roguelike are pretty inaccurate (Rogue was for PS2?

), but interesting.

Wolfram Alpha fails pretty hardcore on SNES, though.

Francis64 · Post by **Francis64** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:21 pm

Wolfram Alpha will fail on pop culture because it is not a search engine. Think of it as a powerful AI that has access to an encyclopedia.
For most of us, it's just a solution waiting for a problem.

But you can do awesome stuff:

http://www55.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=e^(-i*x^2)

http://www42.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=next+full+moon

http://www42.wolframalpha.com/input/?i= ... +mozarella

Killa B · Post by **Killa B** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:25 pm

Wow, that is amazing. Especially that last question!

Francis64 · Post by **Francis64** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:58 pm

http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=planets

open up this page, and add a column called "sex".

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:27 pm

Francis64 wrote:http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=planets

open up this page, and add a column called "sex".

hahaha wtf

Wolfram's pretty neat. Wish I would've had that in high school.

Post by **grinvader** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:26 pm

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<grinvader> haha
<grinvader> ardnew
<grinvader> do you have access to restrooms
<grinvader> i don't want you to shit bricks in public
<ardnew>    I sure do
<grinvader> http://www41.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=do+you+have+family%3F
<ardnew>    uhoh
<ardnew>    haha

joe_devore · Post by **joe_devore** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:26 pm

WoW O_O

http://www42.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=next+full+moon
Thats pretty sweet... I'm bookmarking this one

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:02 am

Francis64 wrote:http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=planets

open up this page, and add a column called "sex".

Superb for the win.

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