Comments on: Microsoft launches Bing (sans beta tag) and Bing Maps in UK

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By: Misae Richwoods

Misae Richwoods — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:24:25 +0000

I like it, but only because it ranks me #4 for “london web designers”! I’m seeing that there are still lots of room for improvement within the SERPs as there are lots of odd results and returning websites that are spam is a clear way to loose credibility.

Here’s an example. A Bing UK search for “who is prime minister” returns the Canadian PMs site first. Number 10 only makes 4th place after Wikipedia and the Australian PM. A search for who is number one was pretty awful compared to Google UK.

That said I’m loving the Bird’s Eye view on Bing Maps. It’s a really useful view, especially if the building you are looking for is South facing. Hopefully the data in it will catch up soon and I’ll be able to find my business in there sometime soon…

I totally agree with Mike, it’s good to see more competition in the search field, especially in the hugely polarised UK market. Although I still feel this is fairly primitive compared to Google, it’s a long way ahead of the rest of the crowd and I hope it’ll continue to improve.

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:38:41 +0000

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By: Steven O

Steven O — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:43:18 +0000

Guys, Microsoft doesn’t partner with Ciao, they own it!

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/29/microsoft-says-hello-to-ciao-buys-european-shopping-site/

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Badda Bing! Microsoft woos newspapers by funding their stick to beat Google — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:03:36 +0000

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Microsoft Woos Newspapers By Funding Their Stick To Bing Google With — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:57:35 +0000

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By: Pete Austin

Pete Austin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:38 +0000

MS bought Multimap about 2 years ago. Presumably the new mapping still uses Multimap’s data. It just took them a few weeks to update/rebrand the UI.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/12/microsoft.digitalmedia

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:48:02 +0000

Congrats to Microsoft for rolling out this Bing version. Any engine that tries to compete with Google and make a more competitive landscape in the search world has my support…we’ll all benefit.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:13 +0000

And then lays off 80% of the London mapping (ex-Multimap) team in it’s latest round of redundancies:

http://twitter.com/johnbfagan/status/5624952643
http://twitter.com/WillemBasson/status/5625199828
http://twitter.com/wayneholt

By: Michael S

Michael S — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:51 +0000

Impressed by the different maps available. Still prefer the standard view of Google Maps (perhaps more because I’m just used to it rather than any good reason). I can see some uses of having the old A-Z maps available for printing and the OS maps are a nice addition.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45:02 +0000

I wasn’t aware that Bing had lost market share,
as far as I know the’re slowly gaing share.

Otherwise I’ve used Bing as my only search
engine and I haven’t looked back.

By: S

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:21:17 +0000

Woah, am I the only person who didn’t know about “Birds-eye view”?! Frigging awesome!

By: Anonymous commenter

Anonymous commenter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:01:58 +0000

Thank god, I hate the A-Z maps. They were not designed to use on a computer and the level of detail crammed into those maps are not needed when people find addresses by searching and acquire needed detail by zooming in. They should add bus routes to the “nearby stations” feature, finding the closest tube is usually not a problem, but the closest bus stop is.

By: killerbunny

killerbunny — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0000

imagine if Brin and Page felt that way: “uh, who cares about searching, it’s already been done by AOL and Alta Vista…”

By: DaveinHackensack

DaveinHackensack — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:45:22 +0000

I've had trouble with the indexing of my new site on both Google and Bing, and I've signed up with both Google Adwords and Microsoft's version for Bing, adCenter. My developers say to be patient, that they keep re-submitting the site to both and the indexing takes time. We'll see. I will say that the sign-up process for adCenter is easier and quicker than Google Adwords.

By: Jamie Thomson

Jamie Thomson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:39:24 +0000

Clearly not you, so why bother reading/commenting?

By: SEO Company USA

SEO Company USA — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:29:40 +0000

As per my personal experience,Bing should be updated for indexing rapidly.
I hope Bing will gain its lost market.

By: TheDude

TheDude — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:29:12 +0000

…..who cares?

By: killerbunny

killerbunny — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:28:34 +0000

step in the right direction. microsoft needs to adopt same philosophy as google, “what is good for user, is good for the company” and “keep improving user experience”. maybe they need a version of the “it’s the economy, stupid” slogan: “it’s about the user, stupid”. gogole maps is still superior.

By: Kieran McGrady

Kieran McGrady — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:25:53 +0000

Finally! I don’t understand why MS ever redirected to multimap. That was one of the reasons I hated the UK version of Bing. Now that Bing Maps are available to UK users I may give it another try. I’m still not thrilled that they are using Ciao for shopping. Shopping search should search amazon.co.uk ebay.co.uk etc. and present the results in a Bing search.

@kmcgrady

By: Jamie Thomson

Jamie Thomson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:12:47 +0000

The new Maps functionality for the UK is very cool, particularly if you live in or are visiting London. If you don’t, there aren’t that many new features but the site definitely looks better and is quicker. All good.