Microsoft to make major upgrades to Bing user interface for its search engine

Todd Schwartz, Microsoft Product Manager, Tode Schwarz: "In the next few weeks, we will launch a series of important updates." We are always focused on making Bing the best service to help users make decisions. ”

Microsoft has added the Quick tab feature to the latest Bing interface to provide targeted search results based on user inquiries. For example, when a user searches for "Barcelona," Bing allows users to visit the local weather, news, and travel information in just one click. Schwartz says the quick tag can make the information more intuitive.

The quick tabs on the left of the new interface make it easy for users to access the weather, restaurants, hotels, and other areas of the search area

In addition, Microsoft will improve the display of real-time information in Bing search results. Currently, the search engine has integrated updates of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook into its search results. For example, when a user searches for a particular news source, the New York Times, Bing not only displays links to the media site, but also links to articles that are most popular with social-networking users, based on the sharing of a news story within a certain period of time by social networking site users such as Facebook and Twitter.

Schwartz also said that Bing would integrate Foursquare data in a Third-party application, saying: "If users are going to travel to New York this week, but don't know the hot spot in the art district of Greenwich Village, simply select Foursquare Map application in the Bing map and choose Greenwich Villages, To get the most popular information in the region. ”

Bing will launch the Foursquare real Time map service this spring

Microsoft's efforts to improve its Bing functionality are being rewarded. Bing's share of the U.S. search market has risen from 10.7% in January to 11.5% in February, according to information released by market research companies earlier this month. Meanwhile, Yahoo, America's second-largest search engine, slid from 17% to 16.8%, while Google, the largest search engine, increased its share of the US market from 65.4% to 65.5%, only to a 0.1% increase.