Bing Says It Will Make Searches Easier?
September 9, 2014
Tech snobs are reevaluating their opinions of Bing. Why? Because Apple has made it the default search engine for its products. Bing, however, is trying to improve its search quality and Search Engine Watch says “Bing Makes Technical Searches Easier.” Bing has streamlined its technical searches, which means if you are searching for technical jargon or more specifically: API and codes, non-alphanumeric characters, software information, and answers about Microsoft products, things are about to get easier.
Bing’s goal is to make technical search be more accurate, similar to recent endeavors to make search respond to natural speech. The article says that developers trying to find code hidden in documents and consumers will benefit the most from the new search.
“Bing also says it has determined the top factors among consumers looking for software include cost, reviews, and safety, as well as official or verified sites from which to download the software and similar products that might be better than the product included in the original search. As a result, Bing says it has developed an experience in which the entity pane provides a quick description of the product, along with clearly displayed information about cost, official and trusted download locations, and reviews.”
Then if you are searching for answers about Microsoft products, instant answers, a new feature, will appear at the top of results. Not a bad idea, considering that troubleshooting a Microsoft machine is harder than using Adobe Photoshop in Chinese.
When it comes to technical searches, usually you have to spend hours surfing through outdated forums that might resolve your problem and searching for the one piece of code. It’s needed and much appreciated. Good for you, Bing!
Whitney Grace, September 09, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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It’s in fact very complex in this busy life to listen news on TV, therefore I simply use world wide web for that purpose,
and take the most recent information.