Watch Out Google, Here Comes Bing?

For those like me who routinely use Google to do searches for everything from A to Z, you might want to add a new wrinkle to your searching habits. Microsoft, of course not wanting to play second fiddle to the ultra popular Google, has launched a new browser Bing (www.bing.com).

I have been playing around with it and so far I find that I like it as a second source! Similar to Google, you can type keywords into a search window and hit the go button and sort through the resulting hits. Or you can type in keywords such as "teaching strategies" and then click on the categories listed at the top left-hand portion of the page, such as web, images, videos, etc., similar to Google. I do think that Bing has the edge on the way the resulting information is organized and did like that when searching under Videos all you had to do was put the cursor over a selected video and it would begin to play. Not sure if there were other advantages on Bings side when searching via categories.

I will play around with Bing some more to learn its advantages of Google and report back if find more true advantages to assist those teaching culinary arts and hospitality. In the meantime, spend some time with Bing and see what you think of the new search engine. Feel free to share your thoughts in response to this post or send me an e-mail (mlalopa@fooded.org) and I will share them later in a post for you.