New Search from Microsoft: Bing in Beta

Tech Crunch’s Michael Arrington says Apparently Bing Is Something Of A Hit:

Last week everyone got to see the demo video and a few of us were actually able to access Bing for our reviews. Most everyone, though, just had to wait to actually try the service.

Initial reader comments tended towards the negative on announcement day. Microsoft got heat for having nothing but a landing page up (and not even that for a while after the announcement). The “Bing stands for But It’s Not Google” comment appeared a number of times, as did sarcastic comments like “Looks like Live search again. Good to see Microsoft trying new things.” There were also a few variations of “MS is a bloated sinking ship…bing is nothing but a desperate attempt by an obsolete company.” You get the picture.

Today, though, they can actually try it. And the overwhelming number of user comments on our launch post Sunday evening are extremely positive. People like Bing.

Search Engine Land has an in-depth review that includes links to others. Alex Zaharov-Reutt of IT Wire’s Fuzzy Logic:

The big question is… how quickly Google will take some of the elements Bing has brought forward and duplicate them in its own search results?

But the thing is that Bing has really just taken some of the advances that Google has brought forth, and has simply improved them.

See for yourself. Visit Bing.com.