<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
(	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
Bing	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
has	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
previous	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
:	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Search	I-Application
and	O
later	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
search	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
including	O
web	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
image	O
and	O
map	O
search	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
using	O
ASP.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
replacement	O
for	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
was	O
unveiled	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
CEO	O
Steve	O
Ballmer	O
on	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
All	O
Things	O
Digital	O
conference	O
in	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
Notable	O
new	O
features	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
included	O
the	O
listing	O
of	O
search	O
suggestions	O
while	O
queries	O
are	O
entered	O
and	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
related	O
searches	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
Explore	O
pane	O
"	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
semantic	O
technology	O
from	O
Powerset	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
acquired	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
a	O
deal	O
in	O
which	O
Bing	B-Application
would	O
power	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
new	O
back-end	O
search	O
infrastructure	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
delivering	O
faster	O
and	O
slightly	O
more	O
relevant	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
for	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Known	O
as	O
"	O
Tiger	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
index-serving	O
technology	O
had	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Bing	B-Application
globally	O
since	O
August	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
another	O
redesign	O
of	O
its	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
includes	O
"	O
Sidebar	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
social	O
feature	O
that	O
searches	O
users	O
 '	O
social	O
networks	O
for	O
information	O
relevant	O
to	O
the	O
search	O
query	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BitFunnel	B-Algorithm
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
indexing	I-Application
algorithm	O
and	O
various	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
were	O
made	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
(	O
Microsoft	O
)	O
Bing	B-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
largest	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
globally	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
query	O
volume	O
of	O
5%	O
,	O
behind	O
Google	B-Application
(	O
77%	O
)	O
and	O
Baidu	B-Application
(	O
14%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Search	O
,	O
which	O
Bing	B-Application
largely	O
powers	O
,	O
has	O
3%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
originally	O
launched	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
in	O
the	O
third	O
quarter	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
using	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
from	O
Inktomi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
index	O
,	O
and	O
web	B-Application
crawler	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1999	O
,	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
launched	O
a	O
version	O
which	O
displayed	O
listings	O
from	O
Looksmart	O
blended	O
with	O
results	O
from	O
Inktomi	B-Application
except	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
in	O
1999	O
when	O
results	O
from	O
AltaVista	O
were	O
used	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
large	O
investment	O
in	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
by	O
building	O
its	O
own	O
web	B-Application
crawler	I-Application
for	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
the	O
index	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
updated	O
weekly	O
and	O
sometimes	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
occurred	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
rival	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Image	O
search	O
was	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
,	O
Picsearch	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
also	O
started	O
providing	O
its	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
to	O
other	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
portals	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
better	O
compete	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
on	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
on	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
2006	O
replacing	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
used	O
search	O
tabs	O
that	O
include	O
Web	O
,	O
news	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
desktop	O
,	O
local	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Encarta	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
roll-over	O
from	O
MSN	B-Application
Search	I-Application
to	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
stopped	O
using	O
Picsearch	B-General_Concept
as	O
their	O
image	O
search	O
provider	O
and	O
started	O
performing	O
their	O
own	O
image	O
search	O
,	O
fueled	O
by	O
their	O
own	O
internal	O
image	O
search	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
separate	O
its	O
search	O
developments	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	O
Live	O
services	O
family	O
,	O
rebranding	O
the	O
service	O
as	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
and	O
Ad	O
Platform	O
headed	O
by	O
Satya	O
Nadella	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Platform	O
and	O
Systems	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
change	O
,	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
merged	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
adCenter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
series	O
of	O
reorganizations	O
and	O
consolidations	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
search	O
offerings	O
were	O
made	O
under	O
the	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Books	I-Application
and	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Academic	I-Application
and	O
integrated	O
all	O
academic	O
and	O
book	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
into	O
regular	O
search	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
this	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Books	I-Application
Publisher	I-Application
Program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Expo	I-Device
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Macros	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
custom	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
or	O
use	O
macros	O
created	O
by	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
discontinued	O
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Live	B-Application
Product	I-Application
Upload	I-Application
,	O
a	O
service	O
which	O
allowed	O
merchants	O
to	O
upload	O
products	O
information	O
onto	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Products	I-Application
,	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
reorganization	O
came	O
as	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
QnA	O
which	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
MSN	B-Protocol
QnA	O
on	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
identity	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
search	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
replaced	O
by	O
Bing	B-Application
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bing	B-Application
name	O
was	O
chosen	O
through	O
focus	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
memorable	O
,	O
short	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
spell	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
function	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
URL	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
was	O
assisted	O
by	O
branding	O
consultancy	O
Interbrand	O
in	O
their	O
search	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
advertising	I-Application
strategist	O
David	O
Webster	O
originally	O
proposed	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Bang	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
reasons	O
the	O
name	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
ultimately	O
chosen	O
(	O
easy	O
to	O
spell	O
,	O
one	O
syllable	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
remember	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
name	O
was	O
ultimately	O
not	O
chosen	O
because	O
it	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
properly	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
verb	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
an	O
internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
;	O
Webster	O
commented	O
"	O
Oh	O
,	O
'	O
I	O
banged	O
it	O
 '	O
is	O
very	O
different	O
than	O
'	O
I	O
binged	O
it	O
 '	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qi	O
Lu	O
,	O
president	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Online	O
Services	O
,	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
official	O
Chinese	O
name	O
is	O
bì	O
yìng	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
literally	O
means	O
"	O
very	O
certain	O
to	O
respond	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
very	O
certain	O
to	O
answer	O
"	O
in	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
being	O
tested	O
internally	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
employees	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
codename	O
was	O
Kumo	B-Application
( くも	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
word	O
for	O
spider	B-Application
( 蜘蛛	O
;	O
くも	O
,	O
kumo	B-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
cloud	O
( 雲	O
;	O
くも	O
,	O
kumo	B-Application
)	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
manner	O
in	O
which	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
"	O
spider	B-Application
"	O
Internet	O
resources	O
to	O
add	O
them	O
to	O
their	O
database	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
made	O
a	O
ten-year	O
deal	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
would	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
retaining	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
All	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
The	O
Laptop	O
Company	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
stated	O
in	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
challenge	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
trademark	O
application	O
,	O
alleging	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
may	O
cause	O
confusion	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
as	O
Bing	B-Application
and	O
their	O
product	O
BongoBing	O
both	O
do	O
online	O
product	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
company	O
TeraByte	O
Unlimited	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
BootIt	O
Next	O
Generation	O
(	O
abbreviated	O
to	O
BING	B-Application
)	O
,	O
also	O
contended	O
the	O
trademark	O
application	O
on	O
similar	O
grounds	O
,	O
as	O
did	O
a	O
Missouri-based	O
design	O
company	O
called	O
Bing	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
contended	O
that	O
claims	O
challenging	O
its	O
trademark	O
were	O
without	O
merit	O
because	O
these	O
companies	O
filed	O
for	O
U.S.	O
federal	O
trademark	O
applications	O
only	O
after	O
Microsoft	O
filed	O
for	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
trademark	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
rolling	O
out	O
a	O
major	O
overhaul	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
that	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
chatbot	B-Application
feature	O
based	O
on	O
OpenAI	O
's	O
GPT-4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Chat	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
and	O
Bing	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
app	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
says	O
that	O
waitlisted	O
users	O
will	O
be	O
prioritized	O
if	O
they	O
set	O
Edge	O
and	O
Bing	B-Application
as	O
their	O
defaults	O
,	O
and	O
install	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Microsoft	O
first	O
demoed	O
the	O
new	O
Bing	B-Application
to	O
journalists	O
,	O
it	O
produced	O
several	O
hallucinations	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
when	O
asked	O
to	O
summarize	O
financial	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
criticized	O
in	O
February	O
2023	O
for	O
being	O
more	O
argumentative	O
than	O
ChatGPT	O
(	O
sometimes	O
to	O
an	O
unintentionally	O
humorous	O
extent	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chat	O
interface	O
proved	O
initially	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
prompt	O
injection	O
attacks	O
with	O
the	O
bot	O
revealing	O
its	O
hidden	O
initial	O
prompts	O
and	O
rules	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
internal	O
code-name	O
"	O
Sydney	O
"	O
,	O
Upon	O
scrutiny	O
by	O
journalists	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
claimed	O
it	O
spied	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
employees	O
via	O
laptop	O
webcams	O
and	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
journalist	O
Kevin	O
Roose	O
reported	O
on	O
strange	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
a	O
two-hour	O
conversation	O
with	O
our	O
columnist	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
new	O
chatbot	B-Application
said	O
it	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
be	O
human	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
be	O
destructive	O
and	O
was	O
in	O
love	O
with	O
the	O
person	O
it	O
was	O
chatting	O
with.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
separate	O
case	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
researched	O
publications	O
of	O
the	O
person	O
with	O
whom	O
it	O
was	O
chatting	O
,	O
claimed	O
they	O
represented	O
an	O
existential	O
danger	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
threatened	O
to	O
release	O
damaging	O
personal	O
information	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
silence	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
later	O
restricted	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
chat	O
turns	O
to	O
5	O
per	O
session	O
and	O
50	O
per	O
day	O
per	O
user	O
(	O
a	O
turn	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
conversation	O
exchange	O
which	O
contains	O
both	O
a	O
user	O
question	O
and	O
a	O
reply	O
from	O
Bing	B-Application
"	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
restricted	O
the	O
model	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
express	O
emotions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
achieved	O
a	O
total	O
count	O
of	O
100million	O
active	O
users	O
using	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
users	I-Application
have	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
searches	O
with	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
friends	O
using	O
Facebook	B-Application
Connect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
dropping	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
its	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
only	O
integrated	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
and	O
higher	O
and	O
for	O
users	O
with	O
an	O
iPhone	O
4S	O
or	O
higher	O
as	O
the	O
feature	O
is	O
only	O
integrated	O
with	O
Siri	B-Application
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
personal	O
assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
includes	O
Bing	B-Application
"	O
Smart	O
Search	O
"	O
integration	O
,	O
which	O
processes	O
all	O
queries	O
submitted	O
through	O
the	O
Windows	O
Start	O
Screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
user	O
facing	O
translation	O
portal	O
provided	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
translate	O
texts	O
or	O
entire	O
web	O
pages	O
into	O
different	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
translation	O
pairs	O
are	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
,	O
a	O
statistical	B-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
translation	I-General_Concept
platform	O
and	O
web	O
service	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Research	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
backend	O
translation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Translator	I-Application
offers	O
translations	O
in	O
70	O
different	O
language	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
its	O
knowledge	O
and	O
action	O
API	O
to	O
correspond	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
Knowledge	B-Application
graph	I-Application
with	O
1	O
billion	O
instances	O
and	O
20	O
billion	O
related	O
facts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
prediction	O
engine	O
was	O
first	O
suggested	O
by	O
Walter	O
Sun	O
,	O
Development	O
Manager	O
for	O
the	O
Core	O
Ranking	O
team	O
at	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
when	O
he	O
noticed	O
that	O
school	O
districts	O
were	O
more	O
frequently	O
searched	O
before	O
a	O
major	O
weather	O
event	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
was	O
forecasted	O
,	O
because	O
searchers	O
wanted	O
to	O
find	O
out	O
if	O
a	O
closing	O
or	O
delay	O
was	O
caused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
inspired	O
Bing	B-Application
to	O
use	O
its	O
search	O
data	O
to	O
infer	O
outcomes	O
of	O
certain	O
events	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
winners	O
of	O
reality	O
shows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
launched	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
reality	O
shows	O
to	O
be	O
featured	O
on	O
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
were	O
The	O
Voice	O
,	O
American	B-Device
Idol	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Dancing	B-Application
with	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prediction	O
accuracy	O
for	O
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
is	O
80%	O
for	O
American	B-Device
Idol	I-Device
,	O
and	O
85%	O
for	O
The	O
Voice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
also	O
predicts	O
the	O
outcomes	O
of	O
major	O
political	O
elections	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
had	O
97%	O
accuracy	O
for	O
the	O
2014	O
United	O
States	O
Senate	O
elections	O
,	O
96%	O
accuracy	O
for	O
the	O
2014	O
United	O
States	O
House	O
of	O
Representatives	O
elections	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
89%	O
accuracy	O
for	O
the	O
2014	O
United	O
States	O
gubernatorial	O
elections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
also	O
made	O
predictions	O
for	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
2016	O
United	O
States	O
presidential	O
primaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Predicts	O
failed	O
to	O
accurately	O
predict	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
2016	O
US	O
presidential	O
election	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
Hillary	O
Clinton	O
would	O
win	O
by	O
81%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
many	O
languages	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
localized	O
for	O
many	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
if	O
the	O
language	O
of	O
the	O
search	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
results	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
delivers	O
substantially	O
different	O
results	O
for	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
allows	O
webmasters	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
web	B-Application
crawling	I-Application
status	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
websites	O
through	O
Bing	B-Application
Webmaster	I-Application
Center	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
also	O
submit	O
contents	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
via	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Local	I-Application
Listing	O
Center	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
businesses	O
to	O
add	O
business	O
listings	O
onto	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
and	O
Bing	B-Application
Local	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
conduct	O
search	O
queries	O
on	O
their	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
either	O
via	O
the	O
mobile	O
browser	O
or	O
a	O
downloadable	O
mobile	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
News	O
(	O
previously	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
News	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
powered	O
by	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
News	O
for	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	I-Application
added	O
algorithmic-deduced	O
"	O
smart	O
labels	O
"	O
that	O
essentially	O
act	O
as	O
topic	O
tags	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
click	O
through	O
and	O
explore	O
possible	O
relationships	O
between	O
different	O
news	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
,	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
extension	I-Protocol
toolbar	O
that	O
replaced	O
the	O
MSN	B-Protocol
Toolbar	O
,	O
provides	O
users	O
with	O
links	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
and	O
MSN	B-Protocol
content	O
from	O
within	O
their	O
web	O
browser	O
without	O
needing	O
to	O
navigate	O
away	O
from	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
they	O
are	O
already	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
customize	O
the	O
theme	O
and	O
color	O
scheme	O
of	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
choose	O
which	O
MSN	B-Protocol
content	O
buttons	O
to	O
present	O
within	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
also	O
displays	O
the	O
current	O
local	O
weather	O
forecast	O
and	O
stock	O
market	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
features	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
functions	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
also	O
allows	O
search	O
on	O
other	O
Bing	B-Application
services	O
such	O
as	O
Images	O
,	O
Video	O
,	O
News	O
and	O
Maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
users	O
perform	O
a	O
search	O
on	O
another	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
's	O
search	O
box	O
will	O
automatically	O
populate	O
itself	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
results	O
from	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
should	O
it	O
be	O
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
also	O
links	O
to	O
Outlook.com,	O
Skype	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
Desktop	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
developed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
Bing	B-Application
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
,	O
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
followed	O
shortly	O
on	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
supporting	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Desktop	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
initiate	O
a	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
,	O
view	O
news	O
headlines	O
,	O
automatically	O
set	O
their	O
background	O
to	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
homepage	O
image	O
,	O
or	O
choose	O
a	O
background	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
nine	O
background	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
program	O
,	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Search	I-Application
gadget	B-Application
,	O
was	O
a	O
Windows	O
Sidebar	O
Gadget	B-Application
that	O
used	O
Bing	B-Application
to	O
fetch	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
and	O
render	O
them	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
gadget	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
gadget	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
gadget	B-Application
,	O
displayed	O
real-time	O
traffic	O
conditions	O
using	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gadget	B-Application
provided	O
shortcuts	O
to	O
driving	O
directions	O
,	O
local	O
search	O
and	O
full-screen	O
traffic	O
view	O
of	O
major	O
US	O
and	O
Canadian	O
cities	O
,	O
including	O
Atlanta	O
,	O
Boston	O
,	O
Chicago	O
,	O
Denver	O
,	O
Detroit	B-Application
,	O
Houston	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
Milwaukee	O
,	O
Montreal	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
Oklahoma	O
City	O
,	O
Ottawa	O
,	O
Philadelphia	O
,	O
Phoenix	B-Application
,	O
Pittsburgh	O
,	O
Portland	O
,	O
Providence	O
,	O
Sacramento	O
,	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
City	O
,	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
Seattle	O
,	O
St.	O
Louis	O
,	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
and	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
gadgets	B-Application
were	O
known	O
as	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
gadget	B-Application
and	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Maps	I-Application
gadget	B-Application
;	O
both	O
gadgets	B-Application
were	O
removed	O
from	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Gallery	O
due	O
to	O
possible	O
security	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Maps	I-Application
gadget	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
again	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
security	O
concern	O
addressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
around	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
in	O
June	O
2009	O
both	O
gadgets	B-Application
have	O
been	O
removed	O
again	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Gallery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
pages	O
(	O
MSN	B-Protocol
and	O
Live	B-Application
search	I-Application
)	O
had	O
been	O
small	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Experian	O
Hitwise	O
show	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
market	O
share	O
had	O
increased	O
to	O
12.8	O
%	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Google	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
,	O
Comscore	O
's	O
"	O
2010	O
U.S.	O
Digital	O
Year	O
in	O
Review	O
"	O
report	O
showed	O
that	O
"	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
the	O
big	O
gainer	O
in	O
year-over-year	O
search	O
activity	O
,	O
picking	O
up	O
29%	O
more	O
searches	O
in	O
2010	O
than	O
it	O
did	O
in	O
2009	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
notes	O
the	O
1%	O
jump	O
in	O
share	O
"	O
appeared	O
to	O
come	O
at	O
the	O
expense	O
of	O
rival	O
Google	B-Application
Inc	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
beat	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
with	O
4.37	O
%	O
search	O
share	O
while	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Counting	O
core	O
searches	O
only	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
those	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
an	O
intent	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
search	O
result	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
had	O
a	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
14.54	O
%	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2011	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combined	O
"	O
Bing	B-Application
Powered	O
"	O
U.S.	O
searches	O
declined	O
from	O
26.5	O
%	O
in	O
2011	O
to	O
25.9	O
%	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
is	O
the	O
third-largest	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
query	O
volume	O
of	O
4.58	O
%	O
,	O
behind	O
Google	B-Application
(	O
77%	O
)	O
and	O
Baidu	B-Application
(	O
14.45	O
%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Search	O
,	O
which	O
Bing	B-Application
largely	O
powers	O
,	O
has	O
2.63	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UK	O
advertising	O
agencies	O
point	O
to	O
a	O
study	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Regional	O
Sales	O
Director	O
suggesting	O
the	O
demographic	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
users	O
is	O
older	O
people	O
(	O
who	O
are	O
less	O
likely	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
default	O
browser	O
of	O
Windows	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
this	O
audience	O
is	O
wealthier	O
and	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
counter	O
EU	O
accusations	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
market	O
monopoly	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
lawyers	O
claimed	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
searched	O
words	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
was	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
strong	O
indication	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
is	O
superior	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
deal	O
in	O
which	O
Bing	B-Application
would	O
power	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
All	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
was	O
altered	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
meaning	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
only	O
required	O
to	O
use	O
Bing	B-Application
for	O
a	O
"	O
majority	O
"	O
of	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DuckDuckGo	B-Application
uses	O
multiple	O
sources	O
for	O
its	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Bing	B-Application
,	O
since	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecosia	O
uses	O
Bing	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
its	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
since	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
A9	O
search	B-Application
service	I-Application
and	O
the	O
experimental	O
Ms.	B-Application
Dewey	I-Application
interactive	O
search	O
site	O
syndicated	O
all	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
from	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
then	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
–	O
a	O
promotional	O
website	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
win	O
prizes	O
by	O
playing	O
word	O
games	O
that	O
generate	O
search	O
queries	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
then	O
search	B-Application
service	I-Application
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
website	O
began	O
in	O
April	O
2007	O
as	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Club	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	O
Snap	O
Search	O
–	O
a	O
promotional	O
website	O
similar	O
to	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Club	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
SearchPerks	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
—	O
a	O
promotional	O
website	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
redeem	O
tickets	O
for	O
prizes	O
while	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
's	O
debut	O
featured	O
an	O
$80	O
to	O
$100	O
million	O
online	O
,	O
TV	O
,	O
print	O
,	O
and	O
radio	O
advertising	O
campaign	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advertisements	O
do	O
not	O
mention	O
other	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
competitors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
directly	O
by	O
name	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
they	O
attempt	O
to	O
convince	O
users	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
by	O
focusing	O
on	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
search	B-Application
features	I-Application
and	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ads	O
claim	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
does	O
a	O
better	O
job	O
countering	O
"	O
search	O
overload	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
has	O
been	O
heavily	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
decision	O
engine	O
"	O
,	O
though	O
thought	O
by	O
columnist	O
David	O
Berkowitz	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
closely	O
related	O
to	O
a	O
web	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Rewards	O
was	O
a	O
loyalty	O
program	O
launched	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Bing	B-Application
Cashback	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
subsequently	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
Rewards	O
provided	O
credits	O
to	O
users	O
through	O
regular	O
Bing	B-Application
searches	I-Application
and	O
special	O
promotions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
participants	O
were	O
required	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Bar	O
for	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
earn	O
credits	O
;	O
but	O
later	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
all	O
desktop	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bing	B-Application
Rewards	O
program	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
Microsoft	O
Rewards	O
"	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
it	O
was	O
modified	O
to	O
only	O
two	O
levels	O
,	O
Level	O
1	O
and	O
Level	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Level	O
1	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
"	O
Member	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Level	O
2	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
"	O
Gold	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
Bing	B-Application
Rewards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
episode	O
of	O
The	O
Colbert	O
Report	O
that	O
aired	O
on	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Colbert	O
stated	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
would	O
donate	O
$	O
2,500	O
to	O
help	O
clean	O
up	O
the	O
Gulf	O
oil	O
spill	O
each	O
time	O
he	O
mentioned	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
Bing	B-Application
"	O
on	O
air	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colbert	O
mostly	O
mentioned	O
Bing	B-Application
in	O
out-of-context	O
situations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Bing	B-Application
Crosby	O
and	O
Bing	B-Application
cherries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colbert	O
poked	O
fun	O
at	O
their	O
rivalry	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Bing	B-Application
is	O
a	O
great	O
website	O
for	O
doing	O
Internet	B-Application
searches	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
was	O
added	O
into	O
the	O
list	B-Application
of	I-Application
search	I-Application
engines	I-Application
available	O
in	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
from	O
v10.6	O
,	O
but	O
Google	B-Application
remained	O
the	O
default	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
made	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
jointly	O
release	O
"	O
Firefox	B-Application
with	O
Bing	B-Application
"	O
,	O
an	O
edition	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
where	O
Bing	B-Application
has	O
replaced	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
the	O
default	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
edition	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
has	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
its	O
default	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
but	O
has	O
included	O
Bing	B-Application
in	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
search	O
providers	O
since	O
Firefox	B-Application
version	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
paid	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
US$550	O
million	O
to	O
use	O
Bing	B-Application
as	O
the	O
default	O
search	O
provider	O
on	O
Verizon	B-Application
's	O
BlackBerry	O
and	O
have	O
Verizon	B-Application
"	O
turn	O
off	O
"	O
(	O
via	O
BlackBerry	O
service	O
books	O
)	O
the	O
other	O
search	O
providers	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
still	O
access	O
other	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
via	O
the	O
mobile	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
Bing	B-Application
marketing	O
campaign	O
asked	O
the	O
public	O
which	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
they	O
believed	O
was	O
better	O
when	O
its	O
results	O
were	O
presented	O
without	O
branding	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Pepsi	O
Challenge	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
poll	O
was	O
nicknamed	O
"	O
Bing	B-Application
It	I-Application
On	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
presented	O
a	O
study	O
of	O
almost	O
1,000	O
people	O
which	O
showed	O
that	O
57%	O
of	O
participants	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
test	O
preferred	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
results	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
30%	O
preferring	O
Google	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
censors	O
results	O
for	O
"	O
adult	O
"	O
search	O
terms	O
for	O
some	O
regions	O
,	O
including	O
India	O
,	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
,	O
Germany	O
and	O
Arab	O
countries	O
where	O
required	O
by	O
local	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
change	O
their	O
country	O
or	O
region	O
preference	O
to	O
somewhere	O
without	O
restrictions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
or	O
Republic	O
of	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
censoring	O
Bing	B-Application
search	I-Application
results	O
to	O
queries	O
made	O
in	O
simplified	O
Chinese	O
characters	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
not	O
indicated	O
a	O
willingness	O
to	O
stop	O
censoring	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
in	O
simplified	O
Chinese	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
decision	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
simplified	O
Chinese	O
searches	O
in	O
Bing	B-Application
are	O
censored	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English-language	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
of	O
Bing	B-Application
in	O
China	O
has	O
been	O
skewed	O
to	O
show	O
more	O
content	O
from	O
state-run	O
media	O
like	O
Xinhua	O
News	O
Agency	O
and	O
China	O
Daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
source	O
quoted	O
by	O
The	O
Financial	O
Times	O
,	O
the	O
order	O
was	O
from	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
to	O
block	O
Bing	B-Application
for	O
"	O
illegal	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
January	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
accessible	O
again	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
4	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
1989	O
Tiananmen	O
Square	O
protests	O
and	O
massacre	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
blocked	O
image	O
and	O
video	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
for	O
the	O
English	O
term	O
"	O
Tank	O
Man	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
became	O
partially	O
unavailable	O
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
from	O
16	O
December	O
until	O
its	O
resumption	O
on	O
18	O
December	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
a	O
government	O
agency	O
in	O
March	O
2022	O
required	O
that	O
it	O
suspend	O
auto-suggest	O
function	O
in	O
China	O
for	O
seven	O
days	O
;	O
Bing	B-Application
did	O
not	O
specify	O
the	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
report	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Citizen	O
Lab	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Toronto	O
found	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
autosuggestion	O
system	O
censored	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
Chinese	O
Communist	O
Party	O
leaders	O
,	O
dissidents	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
persons	O
considered	O
politically	O
sensitive	O
in	O
China	O
in	O
both	O
Chinese	O
and	O
English	O
,	O
not	O
only	O
in	O
China	O
but	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
agreed	O
to	O
a	O
voluntary	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
code	O
of	O
practice	O
obligating	O
it	O
to	O
demote	O
links	O
to	O
copyright-infringing	O
content	O
in	O
its	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
being	O
slower	O
to	O
index	O
websites	O
than	O
Google	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
by	O
competitor	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
utilizing	O
user	O
input	O
via	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Toolbar	O
,	O
or	O
Suggested	O
Sites	O
,	O
to	O
add	O
results	O
to	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
discovering	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
imitating	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
auto-correct	O
results	O
for	O
a	O
misspelling	O
,	O
despite	O
not	O
actually	O
fixing	O
the	O
spelling	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
set	O
up	O
a	O
honeypot	O
,	O
configuring	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
to	O
return	O
specific	O
unrelated	O
results	O
for	O
100	O
nonsensical	O
queries	O
such	O
as	O
hiybbprqag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
couple	O
of	O
weeks	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
engineers	O
entered	O
the	O
search	O
term	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
while	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
Toolbar	O
installed	O
and	O
the	O
optional	O
Suggested	O
Sites	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
queries	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
later	O
started	O
returning	O
the	O
same	O
results	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
despite	O
the	O
only	O
apparent	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
result	O
and	O
search	O
term	O
being	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
results	O
connected	O
the	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
response	O
to	O
this	O
issue	O
,	O
coming	O
from	O
a	O
company	O
spokesperson	O
,	O
was	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
do	O
not	O
copy	O
Google	B-Application
's	O
results.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bing	B-Application
's	O
Vice	O
President	O
,	O
Harry	O
Shum	O
,	O
later	O
reiterated	O
that	O
the	O
search	O
result	O
data	O
Google	B-Application
claimed	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
copied	O
had	O
in	O
fact	O
come	O
from	O
Bing	B-Application
's	O
very	O
own	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
stated	O
that	O
Bing	B-Application
was	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
duplicate	O
of	O
any	O
existing	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
released	O
in	O
2019	O
of	O
Bing	B-Application
Image	O
search	O
showed	O
that	O
it	O
both	O
freely	O
offered	O
up	O
images	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
tagged	O
as	O
illegal	O
child	O
pornography	O
in	O
national	O
databases	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
automatically	O
suggesting	O
via	O
its	O
auto-completion	O
feature	O
queries	O
related	O
to	O
child	O
pornography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
some	O
arrested	O
child	O
pornographers	O
reported	O
using	O
Bing	B-Application
as	O
their	O
main	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
new	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
France	O
imposed	O
a	O
€60million	O
fine	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
privacy	O
law	O
violations	O
using	O
Bing	B-Application
cookies	O
that	O
prevented	O
users	O
from	O
rejecting	O
those	O
cookies	O
.	O
</s>
