bing.com - Microsoft's new search engine

Bing (a highly unusual name IMO, but then so is Google and Yahoo) is the new search engine from Microsoft to rival that of Google and Yahoo. It is still in the Beta but you can always try it out. First look at the homepage, I noticed the very weird choice for the background. Seems to be Guilin in China, but I am not too sure. I thought it could be a rotating background, so I refreshed my screen but no, it stayed the same.

The search is pretty much the same as Google search. You can choose between Web, Images, Shopping, News and etc. The Shopping search is provided by Ciao, owned by Microsoft now. The web search seems faster compared to the old sluggish MSN Live Search.

Microsoft's plan is of course to get a higher search engine market share. But is it enough to win over the internet users? Furthermore, asking someone to "Google it" sounds much better and more natural than asking someone to "Bing it", don't you think? Only time will tell.

Edit: The background changes, perhaps everyday :D

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