We may all soon be 'binging'

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 04 Jun 2009, 02:41

http://www.bing.com/

Bing.com is Microsoft's (brand new) answer to google.

I find it returns better results than google, at least for a few of the keywords (related to Carnatic music) that I tried. The videos option is really great.

We may all soon be 'binging' - not googling!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 04 Jun 2009, 06:14

I think I prefer google!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Jun 2009, 06:35

I also like the video search feature. You can mouse over a frame and wait a few seconds it starts playing without having to visit that site. Mouse out and it stops. You can quickly sample stuff this way. Nice.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Jun 2009, 06:50

Finds sites not detected by google, especially in sanskrit! Looks like a smarter engine!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 04 Jun 2009, 07:44

Those who have 'bin' googling, will now 'go(o)' binging.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Jun 2009, 10:10

Punarvasu,

u hv mstrd da yth spch!!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 04 Jun 2009, 11:20

thot I was one!

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 04 Jun 2009, 11:35

vasanthakokilam wrote:I also like the video search feature. You can mouse over a frame and wait a few seconds it starts playing without having to visit that site. Mouse out and it stops. You can quickly sample stuff this way. Nice.

To see an example of what VK describes above, see this:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sem ... &FORM=BVFD

Very clever.

girish_a · Post by **girish_a** » 04 Jun 2009, 12:32

The Linux fanboys dream of "The year of Linux on the desktop". But Linux is unlikely to dislodge Windows from the desktop. Ever.

I guess the same applies to search as well. Google is so well entrenched in the minds of people that Microsoft will probably be playing catch-up for a really long time.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 04 Jun 2009, 13:38

mohan wrote:I think I prefer google!

Me too...

BING = But It's Not Google

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 04 Jun 2009, 14:07

Oh-oh. I wasn't intending to start another molehill-to-mountain war here!
Just wanted to provide a pointer to something I found useful, esp in the context of CM.

If you prefer google, by all means stay with it.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 Jun 2009, 17:52

ragam-talam wrote:
vasanthakokilam wrote:I also like the video search feature. You can mouse over a frame and wait a few seconds it starts playing without having to visit that site. Mouse out and it stops. You can quickly sample stuff this way. Nice.
To see an example of what VK describes above, see this:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sem ... &FORM=BVFD

Very clever.

But I'd rather go to the source - youtube, and use the features like 'newest', or uploaded in the 'last week/today' to view the recent offerings...

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 04 Jun 2009, 23:08

Google has become a household name and "bing" will have to earn it

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Jun 2009, 23:19

ravi, This type of search gives you links from other video sites like yahoo, aol etc. But for all practical purposes, most results come from youtube since they are the dominant player in internet video.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Jun 2009, 00:10

http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/9bea7 ... db/pg1.htm

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 05 Jun 2009, 02:17

And so the future conversation will go like this?

"How did you get the results?"

"I binged"

Does not sound as cool as "I googled"....

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 05 Jun 2009, 06:26

So it is 'binged' and not 'bang' (as sing and sang).

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 05 Jun 2009, 07:41

All this makes me think they should perhaps have chosen a name more amenable to conversation!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 08:00

Google, though is close to giggle, did not sound trivial when the word was born. Googling opened up a new world and the word commanded respect and admiration. Bing somehow (just the name, mind you) does not wing it for me. Bing bong (not ping pong as in gul garni!) bang bing...again, I don't know how good it is and how much better it is than Google. A bit of a wishy washy name for me, that's all. Bing Crosby? Ah, a much better name...
Bilahari, I agree! One could be waltzing Matilda!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 05 Jun 2009, 10:11

Steve Ballmer said they chose this name so that it is 'verb'able. No one asked Ballmer if it is a regular verb or irregular verb, so we can decide if it is 'bing/binged/binged' or 'bing/bang/bung'

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:00

'verb'able? Google 'verbs' very well. Bings and bangs will take a while to get used to, at least for me...

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:25

Today some of us do say 'I will ping you' to mean 'chat online'.
('Ping' is to retrieve the IP address of a server.)
'Bing' is not that far a cry from 'Ping'.

"How did you get this wonderful information?"
"I just binged it!"

Amateur · Post by **Amateur** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:40

vasanthakokilam wrote:Steve Ballmer said they chose this name so that it is 'verb'able. No one asked Ballmer if it is a regular verb or irregular verb, so we can decide if it is 'bing/binged/binged' or 'bing/bang/bung'

the latter may be the better choice given that binged also means overly indulged in eating

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 05 Jun 2009, 20:56

But bang sounds violent and bung sounds like dung.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 05 Jun 2009, 21:27

The name Bing b(i)-ng is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "the hollow shaped like a pot". Place name. Could possibly be inspired by singer Bing Crosby, who was given the nickname after a comic-strip character. Why did Microsoft pick this name?

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 05 Jun 2009, 22:41

ragam-talam wrote:
"How did you get this wonderful information?"
"I just binged it!"

Any information is bingable these day!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 06 Jun 2009, 06:28

'bingable' and hence ,'bringable into your home!'-

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 07 Jun 2009, 12:58

Microsoft makes another attempt to enter the search world, and capture a share of the advertising revenue that makes it worth while?

I'll leave them to it.