Microsoft has now added Explore Pane, a new feature in the search engine Bing. The feature is one of the ways to improve the pattern in which search result pages are organized. It will bring more order to the pages by providing helpful tools in consistent location across the Bing. With Explore Pane, you will be able to navigate different results for categories like web, video, news, local, image and more.
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Close on the heal of Microsoft releasing PDF called "Bing: New Features Relevant to Webmasters" he company has launched IIS SEO Toolkit during the SMX Advanced.
The PDF introduced by Microsoft talks about the user interface changes the company has launched with Bing. You will also find answers to questions like “how the interface changes might impact site owners�. The PDF also throws a light on search engine optimization.
What can be Learned from Microsoft’s Advice?
The best part about Microsoft's Live Search that is also present in Bing is the Instant Answers. You can get instant answers on shopping, travel and sports. The search engine has now come up with the translation Instant Answers.
If you want to get a word or a phrase translated to another language, just type it on the page. For example, if you write “have a nice day†and want to get it translated into Portuguese, the search result would be like:
Microsoft has recently introduced two new methods for making Bing image and video search safer for the users.
The very first step taken by Microsoft was to post all the adult related images and videos on its new domain explicit.bing.net. If the content is served from a different domain, it will help schools and homes in setting up their own filters to block specific images and videos from the domain.
Ever since the launch of Bing by Microsoft, many webmasters have been trying to compare Google and Bing, to find out which one is best among the two. Ann Smarty at SEJ has posted a list of some new comparison tools.
Following are the three tools to compare Google and Bing:
Rebranding of Live Search to Bing has created a lot of concerns among users. To solve this issue the Microsoft's adCenter team has finally took to its blog.
According to the team, rebranding will not change adCenter at all. Almost everything remains the same; from number of ads being displayed, ad rules to ad position – nothing will change. There will not be any new ad units as well.
Finally the long suspense and wait is over. Microsoft is finally launching its search engine with a new name- Bing. Bing is much like Live Search, with new added features and technologies like Powerset. Boasting of being the new Decision engine rather than the usual search engine, it is playing upon three key areas. As per the website it focuses on “features like cashback, where we actually give you money back on great products, and Price Predictor, which actually tells you when to buy an airline ticket in order to help get you the best price — help you make smarter decisions, and put money back in your pocketâ€.
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