Ron Schenone

Bing Had Michael Jackson Buried As Soon As He Died

Posted by on Jul 4, 2009 | 15 Comments

The wannabe your search vehicle Bing was unable to deliver when Michael Jackson died. The latest search engine from Microsoft buried the story by TMZ under a layer of other news at the bottom of the page. Microsoft admits it even ranked the story low in their  xRank result.

According to one news source it states:

Microsoft has aggressively marketed Bing, launching it in a storm of advertising on television and online. Microsoft also beat Google to searching “tweets” from Twitter users; the microbloging site which has gained popularity for its ability to break trending news online.

Yet in the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, Bing’s search result architecture couldn’t keep up with the public demand for instant news.

Microsoft admits their mistake:

“By most reports, Bing did not deliver the best experience for our customers soon after TMZ posted the news on their blog,” Bing senior product planner Jacquelyn Krones explained.

I believe Google has little to fear from Bing.
Comments welcome.

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  • UViolet

    I don’t hate many things but I HATE, HATE, HATE Bing.
    I W-I-L-L NOT USE IT.

    I’ve tried it couple of times when it first came out. The results of my searches were either sales links (like the top 5) or I was sent to a search engine, that then sent me to another search engine, then another, and another. I was in over 10 clicks and I had nothing. I don’t have time to waste with this garbage.

    Microsoft can shove it! Bing sucks!

  • Leon Adato

    While it’s certainly not “pure” linux, I’ve been very happy with TweetDeck. You need to load Adobe Air (which for some will be a show stopper).

  • http://www.altepper.com Al Tepper

    I’m not a fan of GIMP and find the UI a bit naff, check out http://www.sumopaint.com/

    • http://twitter.com/matthartley Matt Hartley

      More of an illustration tool, but it’s pretty good for a Flash heavy application.

  • http://profiles.google.com/hgpot33 Sam Lewis

    I use IrfanView for everything.

  • http://profiles.google.com/hgpot33 Sam Lewis

    I use IrfanView for everything.

  • http://twitter.com/matthartley Matt Hartley

    More of an illustration tool, but it’s pretty good for a Flash heavy application.

  • Anonymous

    Paint.net is better IMO…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001820571763 Ruchir Sharma

    What about Paint.NET?
    http://getpaint.net

    • http://twitter.com/matthartley Matt Hartley

      Software for Windows is better? Uh, you realize this is a LINUX channel, right? lol Paint.NET is fine, for the platform it was designed for.

  • http://twitter.com/matthartley Matt Hartley

    Software for Windows is better? Uh, you realize this is a LINUX channel, right? lol Paint.NET is fine, for the platform it was designed for.

  • http://twitter.com/dland Dave Land

    For Macs, for at least a decade, Thorsten Lemke’s Graphicconverter: http://www.lemkesoft.com/ has served brilliantly, for very quick image manipulations and touch-ups. No layers, but opens and saves to just about any format you can think of.

    For annotating images, a relative newcomer is Skitch: http://skitch.com/. The icon makes it look like Cornify (http://www.cornify.com/), so it may not get the serious attention it deserves.

  • http://twitter.com/dland Dave Land

    For Macs, for at least a decade, Thorsten Lemke’s Graphicconverter: http://www.lemkesoft.com/ has served brilliantly, for very quick image manipulations and touch-ups. No layers, but opens and saves to just about any format you can think of.

    For annotating images, a relative newcomer is Skitch: http://skitch.com/. The icon makes it look like Cornify (http://www.cornify.com/), so it may not get the serious attention it deserves.

  • http://twitter.com/matthartley Matt Hartley

    FTA:

    “There aren’t a ton of them, and not all of them are even worth mentioning…”