Users can interact with the self-checker to assess their symptoms right from the search results. Bing’s “corona” and “coronavirus”-related search results pages now feature the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Coronavirus self-checker as a persistent, expandable chatbot. Users can interact with the self-checker right from the search results page to assess their symptoms and receive […]
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The natural language processing capabilities are now applied to all Bing queries globally. Bing has been using BERT to improve the quality of search results since April, Microsoft has stated. The transformer models are now applied to every Bing query globally. Click to enlarge. Source: Microsoft. In the example above, Bing’s improved natural language processing capabilities […]
Bing’s new cashback offering will compete for shoppers with the likes of Honey and Google Shopping. Microsoft has introduced Bing Rebates, the successor to its now-defunct Cashback shopping program. The new program, which was originally reported by WinBuzzer, makes rebates available to select Microsoft Rewards members when they make purchases through participating retailers on Bing. Why we […]
The app also has a new look featuring a carousel of common search categories. Microsoft’s Bing Search App has been updated with a new design aesthetic and its latest update, version 6.48, brings direct site navigation via voice to iOS users. Voice navigation on the Bing Search app. Why we care For users who prefer to […]
Rather than automatically changing default search engines for Chrome and Firefox, administrators are required to opt-in for it to do so network-wide Microsoft recently announced a new “extension” as part of an update to its Office 365 ProPlus software that forcibly changes company-wide Chrome and Firefox search engine defaults to Bing search, automatically, from what is likely […]
It includes penalties for subdomain leasing, doorway content and sites involved in private blog networks. Bing is introducing a spam penalty against “inorganic site structure” violations, the search engine announced on Monday. The new penalty seeks to address tactics such as subdomain leasing, doorway content and sites that participate in private blog networks. Where your website ends. To […]
Bing has long occupied a place in Microsoft’s gallery of boneheaded products with the Zune music player, Clippy and the little-remembered Kin smartphone. Microsoft spent billions of dollars of shareholder money in a quixotic attempt to build a web-and-search empire that could compete with Google. Even the name Bing is worthy of ridicule. Bing is still no […]
The natural language processing capabilities are now applied to all Bing queries globally. Bing has been using BERT to improve the quality of search results since April, Microsoft has stated. The transformer models are now applied to every Bing query globally. Click to enlarge. Source: Microsoft. In the example above, Bing’s improved natural language processing capabilities […]
The experimental image carousel shows page title and domain name Bing is testing a new image carousel featuring a preview of the image accompanied by the page title and domain name on its main search results page. “We’re experimenting with it on a set of image answer queries,” the Bing Images team said. The test […]
The strategy automatically sets bids to increase click volume. There are some manual control options. Bing Ads has rolled out Maximize Clicks to all accounts globally. It first introduced the automated bidding strategy in 2017. How does it work? With the Maximize Clicks strategy, the system will automatically set and adjust bids to get the most clicks for the daily budget. […]