Tag Archives: Search

Russian Search Engine Yandex Launches Its Own Smart Speaker

Russian Search Engine Yandex Launches Its Own Smart Speaker

Alexa and Google Home are getting some stiff international competition. Russian search engine Yandex recently launched its own version of a smart speaker called the Yandex Station.  The Yandex Station is the company’s first foray into hardware elements, and yes, the Yandex speakers have an assistant. While Amazon has Alexa, Yandex has Alice — a Russian-speaking assistant developed by the company’s in-house engineers. Alice has been available on mobile devices since she launched in October… Source link

Read More »

Bing Ads Editor now supports separate ads for search and MSN.com native ads

Bing Ads Editor now supports separate ads for search and MSN.com native ads

The latest version of Bing Ads Editor supports custom ads development for native. Instead of creating one ad to be served in both search and native ad environments, advertisers can now create ads specifically for native inventory on MSN.com in bulk using the tool. “Native ads perform better when they explain benefits and entice users to read more about a product and service, as opposed to a typical call to action in a search ad,” says Bing Ads… Source link

Read More »

Hands on with Bing’s real-time Twitter search

Hands on with Bing’s real-time Twitter search

Bing has gained access to the entire public Twitter feed, which has enabled Microsoft to launch Twitter real-time search results in beta over at Bing.com/Twitter. Microsoft isn’t the only one, as Google announced its own Twitter search deal within hours. Microsoft has also announced a global partnership with Facebook that will bring the social site’s status updates to Bing search results, but that experience will be available… Source link

Read More »

Hands on with Bing’s real-time Twitter search

Hands on with Bing’s real-time Twitter search

Bing has gained access to the entire public Twitter feed, which has enabled Microsoft to launch Twitter real-time search results in beta over at Bing.com/Twitter. Microsoft isn’t the only one, as Google announced its own Twitter search deal within hours. Microsoft has also announced a global partnership with Facebook that will bring the social site’s status updates to Bing search results, but that experience will be available… Source link

Read More »

Hands on: Bing gains Silverlight-only Visual Search feature

Hands on: Bing gains Silverlight-only Visual Search feature

Microsoft today launched the first major new feature since the debut of the company’s decision engine in May 2009. The software giant releases updates to its Web search almost every spring and fall, and this season is no exception. Visual Search beta is the first of many updates that Bing will be getting this fall, and it’s also easily the most fun to use. Redmond says it created the feature so that users can refine a query… Source link

Read More »