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Question for any Microsofters here: what is the status of Bing at Microsoft? Clearly it still exists and is maintained, but I have trouble believing that it's a

• ocdtrekkie 6y ago
  Not a Microsofter, but note that Bing has like "most non-Google search traffic". It's the default on Windows computers, and a lot of other search engines like Yahoo and DuckDuckGo use their data as well. It runs ads, so it's probably profitable. And it's probably really good, this story as an example, to be in second place, when the first place runner is doing illegal things, under investigation in a dozen countries or more, and likely to face major repercussions going forwards. Being number two means you're number one when the leader gets knocked out of the race.
  • yocheckitdawg 6y ago
    Yea, I heard about this news and started trying out Bing and was overall satisfied with the results. Was only a bit of light testing for the type of stuff I normally google, but seemed to do the job. Not saying I support this new law, I don't really have an opinion of it. But it does seem like losing Google won't utterly cripple the ability to use the internet which is comforting.
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• waste_monk 6y ago
  I believe it's heavily integrated with M365 e.g. if your org uses azure sharepoint thing and you're signed in to bing you'll get customised search results with links to internal resources
• ToFab123 6y ago
  It is my understanding that Bing is everywhere inside Microsoft and that it a service that a lot of other service depends on heavily. Bing is absolutely a core service to Microsoft