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Bing is a web search engine from Microsoft. It was originally known as Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search and it went live on June 3rd, 2009.


Bing came with several exciting new interface features, including a list of related searches on the left side of the browser, ommonly called the "Explore pane". The right side of the browser hosts extensive previews which show a larger view of the selected page and offer URLs to links on the page. Much like other popular browsers, Bing can also display instant answers to a variety of relatively simple tasks, such as advanced computations, dictionary entries, sports and finance info, health information and instant translations. Bing's user interface ultimately aims to facilitate easier and faster browsing, while also benefiting website owners who have invested in search engine optimisation.

In July 2009, Microsoft struck a deal with Yahoo!, by which Bing would be used to power Yahoo! Search. By early 2012, all Yahoo! Search customers and partners are expected to have transitioned to Bing. In addition to this, Bing can become integrated with both Hotmail and Facebook, as well as fitted with a variety of widgets and plug-ins.

Search engine optimisation with Bing is focused primarily on delivering high quality websites that are genuinely helpful to readers. Some of its core principles include the development of relevant, original content with well implemented keywords geared towards a target audience, but also well anchored code and multiple, authoritative inbound links. Consequently, much of the legitimate, traditional SEO strategies that webmasters will usually opt for are also suited for Bing, and SEO made specifically for this search engine will likely boost a website's rank in other search engines as well.

Bing's official guidelines for successful indexing provide a number of recommendations concerning technical and content issues, but also address an array of known problems that may negatively impact a website's rank. Bing's Webmasters Center Blog conveys the latest info and updates on the search engine, with users having the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed. Lastly, webmasters can register webpages with the Bing Webmaster tools, which enable them to review a lot of interesting info about their websites.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “bing”

• in Social Media
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  by elementalcomms / on Apr 3, 2013
• in Advertising
  Microsoft Declares 'Scroogled' Ad Campaign to Continue
  Microsoft now says Scroogled ad campaign will continue so long as Google keeps Scroogling.
  by gsimon / on Mar 5, 2013
• in Business
  FTC Investigation into Google Dropped
  The FTC have dropped their investigation into Google, with a relatively small number of voluntary concessions made by Google.
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• A Smattering of SEO News: 5/20/13

  
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  This post courtesy of contributing author, Daniel Smith from Boostsuite I help small businesses with their websites every day. One of the most common questions we hear when someone launches a new website is “ How long will it take for my website to show up in Google listings?” It’s a great question, with a ...
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• How to Use Bing Image Search to Pin Pictures to Pinterest

  
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  By Laura Christianson Pinterest fans, you’ll love this new development. Microsoft and Pinterest forged a partnership, allowing Pinterest members to pin pictures directly from Bing Image Search . Give it a try right now. Visit Bing’s Image Search at http://www.bing.com/images/ . Search for yourself (just ...
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• Li Bingbing Boards TRANSFORMERS 4

  
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  Resident Evil: Retribution star Li Bingbing has been announced as the first of many Chinese stars that will join Mark Wahlberg in action-packed Transformers 4. Michael Bay’s fourth entry to his Transformers franchise also stars Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer and Sophia Myles. The plot of ...
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• The online reputation management industry – kaboom

  
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• Bing Search Crawls Facebook Fan Pages better than Google

  
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• Microsoft Enhances Bing Facebook Social Search Sidebar

  
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  When you search on Bing, you’ll get posts related to your search from Facebook on the social bar on the right. You can “Like” and comment on those posts too.
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• Bing deepens Facebook integration with likes and comments from search

  
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• Bing social sidebar now allows users to comment and like Facebook posts

  
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  Bing social sidebar now allows users Microsoft has yet again announced deeper Facebook integration with its Bing search engine. You can now use Bing to not just see relevant posts by your Facebook friends, but you can also like and comment on them. Now if you have Facebook connected with your Bing accounts, you will ...
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• Facebook Allows Users to Comment on Posts Straight from Bing

  
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  Image source Facebook has unrolled a new feature: the ability to comment on posts from Bing search result pages. When a Facebook user searches for a term, Bing displays relevant posts from the user’s friends on the right-hand side of the page, where searchers can now add a comment. Another new feature is the ...
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• Tech News: Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone Security, Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY) White Q10, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) To Add Video Service

  
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• Forgot to get my Bing on, I can’t believe it.

  
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• Want To Comment On Facebook? Now You Can, From Bing

  
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  A new Facebook/Bing integration today will further entrench Facebook data into Bing results. Users are now able to interact with Facebook directly within the Bing Search Results Pages, in more than the usual one-way, read-only context. When a logged in user performs a Bing search for a  query... Please visit ...
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• Want To Comment On Facebook Now You Can, From Bing

  
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  A new Facebook/Bing integration today will further entrench Facebook data into Bing results. Users are now able to interact with Facebook directly within the Bing Search Results Pages, in more than the usual one-way, read-only context. When a logged in user performs a Bing search for a query... Please visit ...
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• Microsoft’s Bing integrates Facebook Likes and comments

  
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  Microsoft is continuously adding new features to its Bing search engine, and this time around the company has added integration for Facebook that allows users of the social networking site to comment and Like stuff directly in Bing search results. Microsoft has been researching ways to distinguish itself from ...
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