This new feature of Bing will make it easier for you to view what your friends “like” across the web. This feature is quite interesting since we always wish to get advice/opinions before buying or taking a decision. But one very important fact is that you and your friends should make a big list of things of what you like so as to provide apt results for your friends also. In case, if none of your friends haven’t commented about the particular thing you are searching for, then Input from the collective IQ can enable search to become a discovery tool, allowing you to benefit from the connections, inferences and “likes” of it. Bing shows also popular content, including trendy topics, articles and Facebook fan pages, from sites across the web. The above mentioned are a few about this new “social” feature of Bing.There are lot more, visit http://binged.it/kJ6X7T

The search results will display as Venn Diagram on three different colors representing the respective search engines and offer its users a visual representation of their search results on how they rank in three search engines simultaneously. According to Yometa.com, there is only 3% overlap in search results for the top 100 search terms which means that 97% of the results on the three search engines vary since their algorithms are different in assigning relevancy to each websites. Through Yometa.com, you could get search results on a single page without spending time in each. The three main features of Yometa.com are

* View search results simultaneously from Google, Bing and Yahoo.

* Users could navigate through the search results according to the relevance by browsing through the Blue boxes on the left side.

* Users also have the privilege to view results from each search engines separately (Google, Bing, Yahoo) and also from combination of search engines like Google/Bing, Google/ Yahoo, Yahoo/Bing or all the three (Google, Yahoo, Bing).

The BBP (Bing Business Portal) will replace the Bing Local Listing Center (LLC), and all existing listing on LLC will automatically directed to the Bing Business Portal.  To start exploring this feature in Bing for your business, first of all you need to claim your business listing in Bing. This can be done either by phone or PIN (which is sent by email). You could enhance and manage your listings by confirming your identity as the owner of business listing. You are also given privileges to add photos, holiday hours, languages spoken, etc and also links to your Website, Facebook Page and Twitter Url. Hotel business can further explore by listing menus either by creating one in the BBP or giving a link to the existing menu. Those who wish to be listed in the mobile should design a mobile menu for their customers to view in their mobile device. BBP also gives you the option to edit and add six categories and keywords to offer your viewers a better picture. These preferences are created in order to optimize your listing in Bing so that customers could reach you and your business listings.

This is not stopping here. Bing offers a means to promote your business by permitting you to create discount coupon, rebate, and promotion etc through ‘Deals’.  You can also specify a category (dollar amount, dollars off. percentage off, etc) and also give details of the same and promote it on your business listing page and Facebook page without wasting a single penny. Once you are finished creating Deals, then you can publish them on your Facebook Business Page.  Businesses with Deals will be displayed on Bing desktop search results, as well as on the Deal tab from the Bing for Mobile browse homepage (m.bing.com).

Discover Bing Business Portal http://www.bing.com/businessportal and woo more customers.

Bing has also expanded “Liked results’ where you get links that is publicly shared or liked via facebook by your friends. Now they have brought out an easier way to share movies, tv shows, artists directly to your Facebook profile from Bing. With Bing Entertainment pages, you could post “Whats on your mind” by clicking on the “Overview” tab. Bing leaves you the option to share anything viz video game, movies, artists with just one click. This new feature is available in US and will roll out in other places soon.

Real time transit directions in Bing take in duration of the trip in terms of walking, transit, transit schedule and the traffic status. It also includes relevant information for shopping like comparison of shops, product information, user reviews and also weather reports with auto-suggest and instant prediction. Another interesting feature is in the arena of movies by providing the reviews, trailers, nearest theater & movie schedule etc.

With this deal, Angry Birds feature a search integration with Bing providing over a hundred clues to speed you through new levels and help squash the porcine thieves, Bing announced on their blog.”Featuring Bing Image Search, Bing Maps, and Bing Shopping, the videos show Angry Birds fans how they can advance in the game, featuring the lovable Angry Birds characters. The marketing team of Bing is trying to leverage as many as possible ways to boost up their search results as well as making it more interesting . While ‘Angry Birds’ is the most downloaded application via iPhone, Android, and iPad, this is the first product integration and Bing could surely expect some new users out of this since ‘Angry Birds’ remains the popular game having 25 million gamers spending 200 million minutes playing everyday.

You will see “deals” from m.bing.com (iPhone and Android)on the  homepage and once you proceed you could access top deals (30%-40% off) featuring the very best offers from your own area/location.

It is not just daily top deals; you could even find the ‘nearby’   places such as restaurants, spas, theaters etc and their special offers and could browse by category to narrow down your search and get accurate results.

Once you find your relevant deal, you could access/ claim from the deal provider or share it with friends via email. You could also see for a business opportunity, Bing will highlight any available bargains below the business listing.

You can also get deals at home on your desktop by searching  the name of the business on Bing. If there is a deal, they will display it with a green deal icon. You can avail more information like reviews, images, maps by proceeding with the detail page.