Google has added a new feature to let the users to set a background image of the Google Search Homepage. However this feature is only available to Google account holders. The users must be signed in to be able to change the default white background.
Showing posts with label Bing. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Bing Trying To Make Web Porn Free
Bing, the new search engine from Microsoft, is trying to make web almost porn free by not allowing users to search using sexually explicit terms. The search engine, as in the screen shot, only displays a warning message when you search using those terms, stating that the search may return sexually explicit content and will ask you to change the search term.
This is a very brave step from Microsoft eventhough it may effect the user rating of Bing. It would have been nice to show this message as a warning and add a link below it to show the search results or ask them to sign in to verify their age. This way Bing can spread an awareness among the users without much effect on their rankings. Otherwise, people looking for some hot action, as they say, will ignore this search engine.
This is a very brave step from Microsoft eventhough it may effect the user rating of Bing. It would have been nice to show this message as a warning and add a link below it to show the search results or ask them to sign in to verify their age. This way Bing can spread an awareness among the users without much effect on their rankings. Otherwise, people looking for some hot action, as they say, will ignore this search engine.Another negative aspect of this step from Bing is that medical students who are doing research on these subjects will find it difficult to agree to the justifications of Microsoft.
How this will effect the ambition of Microsoft to overtake the search giant Google, we will have to wait and watch to find out.
