Bing

Bing meaning in English

Bing

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What is Bing?

Operated by Microsoft, Bing is the second largest search engine in the US, UK, and many other English speaking countries.

Bing was launched in 2009 as a replacement for Microsoft's previous search engine, Live Search - which was launched in 2006.

As well as traditional web-search, Bing also offers a range of other features such as: image search, video search, news, and maps/navigation.

Bing is the default search engine for Microsoft's Edge web browser, is available as a standalone website at Bing.com, and various mobile apps.

Bing is integrated into a variety of other Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office.

In 2021 Bing had a 7.2% global search engine market share according to Statista.com.

In 2023 Bing announced the launch of new AI-powered search service.

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