Bing Announces Plans for Change

When the transition from Microsoft to Bing started, Microsoft wanted to present Bing as a ‘decision engine’ rather than a traditional search engine. As Bing states, their goal is also to help users make a more informed decision with less time and effort. Has Bing achieved this goal? Not yet, but some changes are coming [...]

Bing Maps Loses its Beta Tag, Adds New Features

While Microsoft’s Bing is still in its infancy, it’s taking a bold step in dropping its beta tag. “removing the beta tag has so many implications as a Microsoft asset in terms of what you can expect moving forward…reliability, supportability, and continued innovation and investment to name a few”, writes Bing. Along with the announcement [...]

Microsoft to Integrate Twitter and Facebook Statuses

Several sources are stating that Microsoft is looking to sign deals with both Twitter and Facebook that will incorporate status updates to the search engine’s results. While nothing has been announced officially (Mashable reports an announcement is expected later today), it definitely turns the tables on search. For one, Twitter has been perceived as a [...]

Will Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Change SEO?

Although the details of the Microsoft-Yahoo still aren’t clear, there are many questions surrounding the partnership. While there are legal discrepancies that will go under legal microscope, there are other things to consider when thinking about how the deal will change search engine marketing. How will the deal affect SEO? As it stands, Google takes [...]

Users Satisfied with Google, how will Bing Compete?

Google users showed their vast satisfaction with the search engine in a survey conducted by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index. Google earned 86 points out of a possible 100, while Yahoo! scored 77 points. The survey does not reflect current search engine Bing. According to ReadWriteWeb, “In this survey, Microsoft’s Live Search received 75 points. [...]

Google Caffeine Shakes Things up

In light of the Yahoo-Microsoft deal, Google seems to be at the right place at the right time once again in terms of innovation and keeping up with its competitors. For the last several months, a large team at Google has been working on a secret project nicknamed ‘Caffeine’. Caffeine is a new architecture for [...]

Yahoo! Adds Clauses to Microsoft Deal

Last week’s announcement of a Yahoo!-Microsoft partnership brought on many thoughts on how this would affect the search engine sphere. The announcement also came with explanation on what aspects of a search engine company would be owned by either Yahoo! or Microsoft. Mainly, Microsoft will compensate Yahoo! through a revenue sharing agreement on traffic generated [...]

Microsoft and Yahoo! Come Together

A year ago, a Microsoft-Yahoo! deal was rumored for months on end. The rumors eventually died out, but resurged recently, and have become official. Neither search engine will be taken over by its counterpart, this is a collaboration between the two search engines. While Google tops the two, they are hoping to foster some innovation [...]

Bing on the Right Track

Last year, Microsoft failed to buy Yahoo! and many thought that this signaled that the end was near for the lesser-used search engine. This year, Microsoft has made a splash in the search engine space when it unveiled Bing in early June. While many of Microsoft’s attempts to make a dent in the search engine [...]

Google Launches Explore Google Search

In attempts to get in on the success and buzz surrounding Bing, Google has launched an ‘Explore Google Search’ Page. Google has added a link to this page from their homepage, making it easier for users to find. According to Search Engine Land, Google is “showing various special features such as the ability to get [...]

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