Search marketing beyond the search engines | Search Optimization Marketing (SOM)

T: 1-714-556-8633

Archive for the 'Bing' Category

Translation Is An Instant Answer On Bing

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Microsoft’s new search engine Bing adds Instant Answers, known as one of the great things about Live Search through which users can get instant answers on shopping, travel and sports. Now, translation is an instant answer on Bing. The search engine has come up with the translation Instant Answers.

If a user wants to get a word or a phrase translated to another language, he/she just needs to type in the word or phrase on the page followed by the language. For example, if you type “have a nice day” and want to get it translated into Portuguese, Bing would returned like the below:

Microsoft Makes It Easier To Filter Out Explicit Images In Bing

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Recently Microsoft has rolled out two new methods in order to ensure a safe image and video searching experience when using Bing.

The first step taken by Microsoft is that all adult related images and videos will now come from a separate single domain, explicit.bing.net. If the content is served from a different domain, it will allow schools and homes in setting up their own safe filters to block specific images and videos from that domain.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 License.