A new dictionary site called Wordnik was launched today, although even the creators had to settle for the "dictionary" description for lack of a better word. I would call it some kind of a definition search engine. It was founded by lexicographer Erin McKean.
Bing Search Summit Reveals More About Bing
You could learn a lot from a #badabing hashtag. If you search that on Twitter, you’ll find all kinds of tweets from those in attendance at Microsoft’s Bing Search Summit.
It is interesting to see some of the things people are talking about with regards to Bing, and as the search engine is still in its infancy, everybody wants to know all they can. If you dont’ feel like wading through tons and tons of tweets, relax. I’ve done it for you (although I’m sure there will be plenty more since the time of this writing).
Paid Search Tips From Microsoft, Facebook, And Others
Companies that have made it this far should feel hopeful about the future; we may finally be coming out of the recession. Not everything’s back to normal, though – just ask General Motors – and so if you’re in the position of needing to justify the use of paid search (or just wanting to get better at it), a session at SMX Advanced aimed to help.
Bing, A Better Way To Search?
With Bing officially launching today, senior program managers from Microsoft discussed the new decision engine in the session "Bing: A New Approach to Internet Search."
Coverage of SMX Advanced continues at Murdok Videos. Stay with Murdok for more updates and videos from the event this week.
Finding Opportunity In Mobile Paid Search!
In the session "Time To Think Seriously About Mobile Paid Search?," the speakers focused on mobile paid search opportunities and strategies for search marketers.
Coverage of SMX Advanced continues at Murdok Videos. Stay with Murdok for more updates and videos from the event this week.
Google Search Appliance Tuned To Deal With Billions Of Docs
The Google Search Appliance – AKA those spotted, yellow boxes that act as an enterprise search solution – has gotten better. Today, Google unveiled version 6.0, and this new offering is able to scale up and deal with billions of documents.
Search Trends Spell Bad News For GM
Search trends tend to indicate what people are interested in; we all know about the swine flu spikes from a few weeks ago, for example. Unfortunately for General Motors, search trends now show that consumers may be even more averse to buying its vehicles than to catching the bug.
Search Google and Yahoo from Bing
There is still a lot to learn about Bing of course. Microsoft’s new search engine hasn’t been live that long. After reading the back and forth of Matt Cutts and Bing, I started wondering how Bing and Google were treating each other’s results.
Google Takes Blog Search To Next Level
Blog posts that aren’t less than two days old no longer have to be considered lost for all time. Google’s made the Custom Search AJAX gadget available to all Blogger users, and as a result, it’s become much easier to call up entries from the past along with other info.
Microsoft’s New Search Engine Bing Rolling Out
Update: Bing will be rolled out over the coming days, but will be available to all on June 3rd.
Original article: Steve Ballmer is speaking at the All Things Digital Conference aka D7. Microsoft’s new search engine is widely expected to be announced. Sources say it is to be called Bing. Here’s a nice video look at Bing: