Bing Search Result Pages Gets A New Look!

The Bing search results page has a whole new design. Bing’s new design goes for a de-cluttered clear look so that users can scan results easily without being distracted. The design is a result of Bing’s experiments on the same post user feedback. The clean new look aims for better search experience.

As Bing says, "We’ve tuned the site to make the entire page easier to scan, removing unnecessary distractions, and making the overall experience more predictable and useful. This refreshed design helps you do more with search – and gives us a canvas for bringing future innovation to you"

The new look is somewhat like this:

 

And here is the old look:

As you can see, there is no left sidebar in the new look. This bar had related searches, search refinement options and search history settings. In the new look, you can find related searches in the right-sidebar and at the bottom of the results. Images, Videos, Finance and Maps have been placed in the top navigation along with login information. There is also a 5-pixel high fragment of the Bing home page image in the top margin.

Bing has also revealed that they plan to bring in further changes based on user feedback- “The new experience is more than skin-deep. You will also notice faster page-load times and improved relevance under the hood. After all, our goal is to help people spend less time searching and more time doing. And changing how we look is the next big step in doing just that.”

Do you like the ‘uncluttered’ look? Or do you think it reduces the relevancy of the page? Do share your comments.

Source: pagetrafficbuzz.com

Bing Launches Linked Pages for Better People Search Results!

Bing has launched a new feature titled Linked Pages. This feature is designed to give users an opportunity to better the search results for their own names as well as that of their friends better and more personalized. Here is what Bing says about it, “With people search being such a high volume pastime, we're taking it a step further letting you have more control in how you show up on Bing. Beginning today, with Linked Pages, we’re letting you link websites related to you in search results. Now your friends looking for you online can find what you want them to find. You can also link pages to your friends to help them shine on Bing as well”

This is how you will appear on Bing if you had your profiles linked:

Linked Pages is the way users can inform Bing the pages in search results are specifically about the person being searched for (your own name or your friend’s). Users can “link” search results to their person profile which means your Facebook profile, LinkedIn profile, company profile, blogs and so forth. The result of this exercise is more relevant search results for your name or your friend’s name.

Linking the Pages:

To use this feature, you need to login to Linked Pages with your Facebook account. The next step is to allow Bing to post to Facebook on the following screen. After this Bing will show you a search query for your name. As you scroll through the results, all you have to do is click “link to me”.

In case you have linked to a wrong result, then you can easily remove the link too. As Bing says, “You have full control over what results you’re linked in. Simply follow the link notification from Facebook or go to bing.com/linkedpages to remove links you added or links your friends added about you. Once you remove a link, you are the only person that can go back and relink yourself to that page.”

You can turn linking off at any time by disabling the application in Facebook. What do you think of this new feature? Do share your views.