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Search Blog — Jul 2012

  • Jul
    09
    20 12

    Join @DoSomething for this Week’s #BingIt...

    As we announced last month , Bing and DoSomething.org have partnered on the “Summer of Doing” in an effort engage kids and show them how easy it is to get involved in their local communities. This Wednesday, DoSomething.org will be our guest star for a #BingIt highlighting “ The Hunt ” and what people can be #doing this Summer to give back. For those not familiar with DoSomething.org, it is the largest organizations in the U.S. for teens and social change. The organization hosts 25 different cause campaigns each year on topics young people care about. They work with a number of different celebrities to help get the messages across and show teens they too can make a huge difference and do “good.” Join us on Wednesday, July 11 from noon - 1 p.m. PT to take part in the live twitter chat. To participate, follow @Bing, @dosomething and hashtag #BingIt. We will also be giving away $50 gift cards to two lucky participants during the chat. - The #BingIt Team - @KariDilloo - @roduner Read More As we announced last month , Bing and DoSomething.org have partnered on the “Summer of Doing” in an effort engage kids and show them how easy it is to get involved in their local communities. This Wednesday, DoSomething.org will be our guest star for a #BingIt highlighting “ The Hunt ” and what people can be #doing this Summer to give back. For those not familiar with DoSomething.org, it is the largest organizations in the U.S. for teens and social change. The organization hosts 25 different cause campaigns each year on topics young people care about. They work with... Read More
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  • Jul
    02
    20 12

    Bing Search Quality Insights: Friends and...

    The foundation of web search has been built on keywords, links and clicks pointing to pages. This approach is great for finding web sites but search is more than about simply finding pages. With the help of social networks, people are able to share nearly everything they do in digital form and offer their opinions on almost every conceivable topic. From real-time streams to social conversations, connections are created that present the opportunity to bring people into the search equation. Today Paul Yiu, Principal Group Program Manager for Bing Social , provides an overview of how we incorporated people into our latest release. No matter what query you submit to Bing, you may be amazed that some of your friends, influentials or experts often know something that you are searching for, in addition to high quality web documents that you always count on. - Dr. Harry Shum, Corporate Vice President, Bing R&D The goal here is to bring you a list of people that might be able to help you get more done. For instance, here is an example of how the Sidebar might help you plan the perfect adventure in Hawaii. Friends Who Might Know Depending on what your friends have been paying... Read More The foundation of web search has been built on keywords, links and clicks pointing to pages. This approach is great for finding web sites but search is more than about simply finding pages. With the help of social networks, people are able to share nearly everything they do in digital form and offer their opinions on almost every conceivable topic. From real-time streams to social conversations, connections are created that present the opportunity to bring people into the search equation. Today Paul Yiu, Principal Group Program Manager for Bing Social , provides an overview of how we incorporated... Read More
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