So, I was fortunate enough to watch one of Microsoft’s new commercials for Bing.com, its new live search engine that provides decision based results, and I must say that I was extremely impressed. Being the traveler that I am, I have a sincere appreciation for Bing’s daily feature of random locations around the world accompanied by the 3 or 4 fun facts about these cities or countries. Dare I say I’m sold? Not quite yet; however, Bing offers some interesting tools that are lacking on Google’s end such as Quick Previews, customer service phone numbers in the organic listings and an Explorer Pane for search refinement. Take a look at the picture below which displays an example of what Bing’s Quick Preview looks like.
The box outlined in red is the Quick Preview for the first search result. One can see this preview by simply scrolling the mouse over the yellow quick glance button. (more…)
