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Bing Launches New Winter Olympics Search Features & Counter To Track Gold Medals

With opening ceremonies just two days away, Bing is upping its search game for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Now when Bing users search on specific sports and athletes the search engine will include Olympic-related schedules and content in its search results. The...
Posted On 31 Jan 2023
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Xbox One Gets Bing Web Search

Microsoft announced on the Bing Search Blog that the Xbox One now supports full web search with the latest system wide update to the Xbox One. Microsoft said with this update they are “expanding search to include web results.” Now when you search with “Xbox Bing,” you will...
Posted On 14 Jan 2023
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10 Key Takeaways From Meet The Search Engines @ SMX West

Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever seen at any conference in recent memory. The polite, attentive search engine marketers weren’t there to just network and enjoy the San Jose sun. They were interested and...
Posted On 06 Jan 2023
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Bing Ends Sponsorship Deal With WNBA’s Seattle Storm

After a four-year sponsorship deal with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday that Bing will no longer be the marquee sponsor for the team co-owned by Microsoft executive Lisa Brummel. The report claimed the deal had been valued at $1 million per year,...
Posted On 30 Dec 2022
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Bing Adds Khan Academy Courses & Book Finding Results

Bing has added two new search features for the school break season. (1) The ability to search for free online courses offered by the Khan Academy. (2) The ability to search for books that you can buy online, pick up at a local library and/or view fully online. Khan Academy...
Posted On 16 Dec 2022
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Bing’s Image Search Widget Lets You Embed Image Results On Your Web Site

Bing has a new feature that allows you to embed images from a Bing Image Search query as a collage or slideshow directly on your web pages. This is called the Bing Image Widget and you specify what type of image widget you want on your site and then simply copy and paste the...
Posted On 06 Dec 2022
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Want Scotland Election Results? Don’t Bother Asking Google Or Bing

It’s not often you have a vote that might create a new, independent nation. But that’s what’s happening today with Scotland. It’s such a big event that you’d think Google and Bing would be doing something special to provide election results. That’s not the case. Both search...
Posted On 28 Nov 2022
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For The Trifecta, Bing Ads Rolling Out Close Variants On Phrase Match

Bing Ads has already announced the switch to include close variants on Exact Match and Broad Match Modifier keywords. Now Phrase Match keywords will also get the close variants treatment. With close variants, ads trigger on search queries that closely resemble the keyword —...
Posted On 19 Nov 2022
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Bing: Content Quality Is A Primary Ranking Factor Made Up Of Authority, Utility & Presentation

Michael Basilyan, Senior Program Manager from the Bing Content Quality Team, shared a nice set of details on the Bing blog about how Bing’s algorithms determine what makes for content quality. Michael Basilyan explained that content quality is a primary factor in their ranking...
Posted On 11 Nov 2022
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Bing Puts March Madness Bracket In Search Results, Predicts Kentucky To Win Championship

Search results include complete men’s college basketball tournament bracket, along with Bing’s game-by-game predictions. To no one’s surprise, Bing is predicting that the University of Kentucky will win the men’s college basketball national championship. And anyone...
Posted On 01 Nov 2022
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