bing.com and a decent shot of courage

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The blog of Rob Margel - Windows Help — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:45:12 GMT

I am sure you have heard about bing , the new search from Microsoft. But one thing that looks great is

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Jeremiah Andrick — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:34:38 GMT

Betsy,

I am reminded of General Patton who used to go with his troops to the front line, because being there was the only way to overcome the fear. It also raised the moral of the troops to see him there on the front lines. I am glad you are back at Search. They are lucky to have someone like you who "gets it".

Great job this last week. I am proud of you and inspired by you. Stay cool sister.

Jeremiah

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Chris Pirillo — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:38:31 GMT

Without heart, the web is nothing.

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Bill — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:11 GMT

I've been a critic of MSN in the past, but I have to say that I'm quite impressed by Bing. In fact, I was so impressed that I wrote a blog post about it (see http://www.geekmba360.com/?p=776).

I just want to say that you guys did a great job of making Bing, and promoting it. For the first time in a very long time, I see some hope from Microsoft search. :-)

Consumers need an alternative for Google. Competition is healthy and good for consumers. Keep up the good work, and hope you will make Bing a verb, a key measure of success. :-)

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Joe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:41:10 GMT

Hi Betsy,

The employees at Bing are doing an AWESOME job - the service is really good. One thing I would love to see is the ability to search and chart public data. Google currently has the ability to chart basic data like "New York Unemployment" but I suspect this feature will grow immensely as time passes and Google starts competing more aggressively in the productivity space.

I view data as a killer feature because it can save students and office workers SO much time. For instance, Imagine a student has a project and goes to search for information - he or she looks up US GDP and a chart comes up with a little button that says "insert into Microsoft Word" - truly huge - a huge time saver and a serious reason for people to switch.

Microsoft could just buy someone like Haver Analytics and roll out their data for non-commercial use while still charging for commercial use. Over time, you could automate the collection of the data. Ultimately though, it would be a shame if you fell behind in this key area.

Go BING!!