“Look kids! Big Ben…House of Parliament…”and Bing in the UK!

When you search for Football, what kind of answers do you expect to find. Well, I guess it depends on where you are doing the asking, if you are in the UK you probably don’t want to see NFL schedules. You probably mean what we in the US call soccer. Well today, millions of searchers in the UK can rest assured that Bing knows what they are talking about. We are excited to announce today that Bing in the UK is shedding its beta tag.  We want to congratulate our pals over in the UK on a huge milestone. You can now use Bing to make faster more informed choices on a daily basis.  Oh, and the next Manchester United game is on the 21^st of November at 17:30 GMT (that’s 5:30 p.m. for us Yanks), in case you were wondering.

Some of the great features for Bing users in the UK are:

• The daily Bing Homepage image and hotspots are something that now will be localized in the UK, with unique imagery and hotspots.
• Visual Search using visual images and metadata to make search more visual and more compelling.
• More Instant Answers. Get quick response answers and results to searches, such as how is Liverpool doing in the Premiership or which tourist attraction should I take my in-laws to at the weekend?
• See who or what is being chatted about real-time with a global live Twitter feed with Bing Twitter search.
• Looking for the best deals?  - There is now an integrated shopping experience with Ciao UK. With Bing you can search the Internet to find the best prices, reviews and local availability. 
• With insights from our Multimap users, Bing Maps now offers new map styles, imagery and transit integration as well as draggable routes.
• Bing has been built for the UK to help consumers get to key local sites and services in fewer links by including popular links, search boxes and suggestions within best match.

A Huge Welcome to the Bing family to those in the UK!

Kristin Meldahl - Bing

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Released: Bing Maps UK