Bing! Bing! Bing! A Busy Week at Bing and It's Only Wednesday
Things sure have been hopping at Bing lately. We've posted several items this week and have several more to add to this post. Plus, Bing has said more new services will be going before the end of the week. Here's a review of what we've posted so far. Items that are bolded are ones we are posting for the first time here. We will begin on Monday and work are way to today.
NOTE: The following examples are not working (at least for us) as of 7:30pm EST. It's going to take some time to roll-out all of these new features. Also, it's up to the user to determine if the results are actually improved compared to what they were before any changes were made. As these features become available we will update this page. Please check back and we will link to as many of these new features as possible. Plus, Bing has said to expect even more "new" features in the next few days.
+ New: Scroll over the world "travel" on the home page, click, and now you're at a place to run travel-related queries
+ New: Smart Answer: Enter your origin, destination, travel dates, in the Bing search box, click, and your in Bing Travel
+ New: "Enhanced Results" for several hundred cities via Bing Travel. Direct links to neighborhood info, local newspapers, points of interest, etc.
+ New: "Enhanced Results" for a number of cities that also include "high-resolution slide shows"
+ New: Integration of images into some preview results. What's a preview result? Run a Bing search and move your cursor to the right of any result and hover, a box should appear (as well as an orange dot). In the box you should get an idea of what's on the page your hovering next to. You might also find contact info (e.g. telephone number), popular links based on your search terms, e-mail addresses, etc. Now, you'll also see an image of the page for some results.
Much More After a Click
+ New: Event Search
You can now use our new event search feature, which provides a quick summary of events for major cities, which you can filter by categories like performances, civic activities, music and others.
It appears you can trigger an event search by entering the "city name" and the word "events."
+ New Shopping Search Feature: Enter a product name and then share the product info using Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.
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