Keyword: bing

Ask.com users are wordier than on any other search engine

Ask.com users are wordier than on any other search engine

Search behavior of web users Comparing the top five search engines, Chitika set out to analyze one major search behavior – how many words consumers use to reach their search results, revealing that Ask.com has the highest word count per search across all of the engines. How consumers search is critical knowledge for any company that relies on their web ...

AGBeat | 2012/01/24  | 25 Comments Social Media

Google Search volume up, Yahoo! down

Google Search volume up, Yahoo! down

Search engine wars According to comScore, Google is still the top search engine with 65.9 percent of all use in December, up 0.5 percent from November, and after a rise in November, Microsoft Bing is relatively unchanged for the month, while Yahoo! is down 0.6 percent. Microsoft Bing and Yahoo! continue to be neck in neck at 15 percent of ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/11  | 7 Comments Tech News

Google still the top search engine, Bing gains ground

Google still the top search engine, Bing gains ground

Google still reigns supreme According to comScore, Google continues to be the top search engine with 65.4 percent of all use, but the second place organizations in the race are shifting, with Microsoft Bing and Yahoo neck in neck at 15 percent of search volume each. Bing is rising in popularity but it should be said up front that Bing ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/16  | 28 Comments Social Media

Bing traffic surging, what this means to real estate professionals

Bing traffic surging, what this means to real estate professionals

Bing is up According to Experian HitWise data for March 2011, Bing now accounts for 30% of all web search queries, marking a steady growth of the search engine’s traffic. “While Bing certainly has no secret weapon in its quiver, the search engine has been bettering itself through a hundred minor improvements, which are perhaps now beginning to add up,” ...

AGBeat | 2011/04/13  | 10 Comments Social Media

Bing releases sexy iPad app, steps up the search game

Bing releases sexy iPad app, steps up the search game

Not just an enlarged iPhone app The above video demonstration of the brand new Bing iPad app breaks ranks by being an iPad app that is not just a gigantic version of their iPhone app. We love that the Bing app is specifically made for mobile search and has awesome mapping features which is great for real estate. It is ...

Tara Steele | 2011/04/08  | 8 Comments Gadgets

What Realtors should know about Facebook and real estate search

What Realtors should know about Facebook and real estate search

While some real estate columnists fear Facebook, real estate professionals on the ground can feel the tangible shift of consumers congregating online in various forums, blogs, Twitter and other social networks to a mass flocking to Facebook. This week, eMarketer reports that of American adults with internet access, 42% use Facebook Facebook claims that it has 250 million daily visitors ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/02/26  | 48 Comments Social Media

Bing Social launches and your social networking is more relevant

Bing Social launches and your social networking is more relevant

Twitter updates aggregated, what’s next? Last fall, search engine Bing.com launched a search dedicated to Twitter that allowed users to see search results broken down by live tweets, shared links and more which is much more helpful than the traditional Twitter search which simply shows the most recent tweets. Today, Bing announced they will do the same with Facebook updates, ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/06/09  | 18 Comments Social Media

Microsoft Bing Stepping Up Innovation This Spring

Microsoft Bing Stepping Up Innovation This Spring

Microsoft came to compete Google maps have reigned for years now, but Microsoft’s Bing is competing in a meaningful way. Today, Bing announced a series of projects they’re working on for their spring release, noting that their “focus remains consistent – we want Bing to be the best place to help you make better decisions.” This year so far, Bing ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/03/26  | 12 Comments News

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing’s announcement last week of their latest and most sophisticated augmented reality integration into Bing Maps was very exciting in both the mapping and augmented reality circles.  Yet, real estate professionals, especially those with local blogs and or websites will find as much to drool over as the biggest geo-geek. For those of us who have been screaming to have ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/02/17  | 31 Comments Social Media