Uncover the Internet » Bing http://www.everyjoe.com/uncovertheinternet Uncovered, Exposed and Available Online Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Digital Hotlist 2009 http://www.everyjoe.com/uncovertheinternet/the-digital-hotlist-2009/ http://www.everyjoe.com/uncovertheinternet/the-digital-hotlist-2009/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:29:00 +0000 Jason Bean http://www.everyjoe.com/uncovertheinternet/the-digital-hotlist-2009/ Post from: Uncover the Internet

]]> 2009 will go down in history as the year everything at least seemed to change if it didn’t really change completely. It’s become a new world for many people with lots of change in a variety of areas. Perhaps the one thing that still remained the same is that the web is still almost central to much of what we do.

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MediaWeek has released their 2009 Digital Hotlist that covers just what has been happening in the world of the web and technology.

  1. Facebook – up from #2 on the list in 2008. This site is larger in population than most of the other countries in the world. I used to think Facebook would be replaced sometime by something cooler, not so sure now.
  2. Hulu – I’ve been using this more to get some free entertainment. I’ve spoken with a number of people who are debating getting rid of cable/satellite and just relying on sites like Hulu and others for their entertainment fix.
  3. Twitter – I think maybe I liked it more when there were less celebrities involved in twitter, but I’m still addicted to this 140-character micro-blogging tool.
  4. Google – it’s Google, what else needs to be said?
  5. iPhone – I still don’t have one, trying to figure out if I’m upset about it. Is there an app for that?
  6. Huffington Post – lots of left-leaning news is getting more popular these days and they’re expanding their topic base to more than just politics.
  7. Bing – it’s not a search engine, it’s a decision engine and lots of people have decided to really give it a try and have liked it.
  8. Wall Street Journal web (www.wsj.com) – do what? a newspaper that’s still making money online and off? What are they doing right? It appears everything.
  9. Federated Media – keeping advertising interactive and relevant, all those eyes watching the other 9 sites are worth a lot of money.
  10. Addicting Games – I’m not playing many games these days other than Bubble Breaker and Farm Town. Maybe I should join the millions of other users having fun here.

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]]> Bing has been out now for a couple of days and everyone’s written their viewpoints on the new search engine from Microsoft. It’s a nice, new, clean design for Microsoft and their search, but it’s very similar to their Live Search that’s been out for awhile.

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I’ve watched the video that was released about Bing and I’ve used the new search decision engine a few different times. My viewpoint is that it’s now really anything astonishingly new or different. I’m sure the logarithms behind everything are pretty cool, but as an end-user, it’s all about the end result of my search and if I find what I was looking for right?

The one thing that always surprises me about searching for items on different search engines is that the order and results displayed always surprises me.

I will say that the way Bing organizes and even pre-organizes what you may be searching for is a nice touch. Microsoft I like what you’re doing and where you appear to be heading, but I just don’t see anything here that’s going to draw me away from Google search anytime soon.

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