Bing has good features and a good layout, but the search results (the reason for the whole thing) are kind of hit-or-miss. A lot of the search results are old, and there can be a lot of porn if you're not careful. Although, if that's what you want I guess the amount of porn could be considered a plus.
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I don't like the name. What was wrong with Live? Though I guess it would have been harder to re-invent that brand, than create a new one.

This is definitely a step in the right direction by Microsoft. They've got to at least attempt to take on Google, and if they continue to churn out products such as Bing - all will be well for them.

Bing is good at search, but not great. Google is better. However, Bing excels at guiding how you search. The panel down the left hand side is very useful for narrowing the topic which you're searching for.

For the term "football," Google pulled up 380000000 pages, and Microsoft just 154000000. I know that the size of the index has got nothing to do with how good a search engine is, but it helps. Both bring up similar listings, so no difference in quality really.

It will take time for Bing to "be good," but it has potential.

Windows 7 is going to be a winner - it has to be. It's what Vista should have been, and I'll be unhappy at having to payout for another operating system, after shelling out money for Vista Ultimate.

There's one thing that I can't understand about Microsoft, and that's why aren't they making a switch to cloud-based services more quickly? That's where they can really take on Google, and win. I know there's an Office online here, or else coming, but why don't they push it more? They can then use there success with Office to help Bing, and other online products grow.
Source(s):
http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB308GB329&sourceid=chr...
http://www.bing.com/search?q=football&go=&form=QBFF&filt=all

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