Microsoft is testing a new feature called "Bing & Ping" for its Bing search engine that allows people to share search results on social networks Facebook and Twitter.
According to a post on the Bing community site by Nicholas Kerr, a Bing marketing manager, Bing & Ping is a "potential new feature" for Bing that allows people to click on links below a search result to post the information on social-networking sites or e-mail it to friends.
Kerr illustrated what the feature does with an example of using the Bing "Instant Answers" feature to check the score of a sports game. Under the results for the search requested is a box that includes several links to "Facebook," "Twitter," "Email" or "Copy" the information, much like how Web sites already allow people to share news stories and blog posts via social-networking sites by clicking on links to those sites.
By clicking on one of the links, the information will then post on a person's Facebook site or Twitter, or into an e-mail message.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/171480/
According to a post on the Bing community site by Nicholas Kerr, a Bing marketing manager, Bing & Ping is a "potential new feature" for Bing that allows people to click on links below a search result to post the information on social-networking sites or e-mail it to friends.
Kerr illustrated what the feature does with an example of using the Bing "Instant Answers" feature to check the score of a sports game. Under the results for the search requested is a box that includes several links to "Facebook," "Twitter," "Email" or "Copy" the information, much like how Web sites already allow people to share news stories and blog posts via social-networking sites by clicking on links to those sites.
By clicking on one of the links, the information will then post on a person's Facebook site or Twitter, or into an e-mail message.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/171480/