Apparently Bing Is Something Of A Hit

Thursday may not have been Microsoft Bing Day , but today sure is. Microsoft quietly launched their new search engine without fanfare and sans parade. Last week everyone got to see the demo video and a few of us were actually able to access Bing for our reviews. Most everyone, though, just had to wait to actually try the service. Initial reader comments tended towards the negative on announcement day. Microsoft got heat for having nothing but a landing page up (and not even that for a while after the announcement). The "Bing stands for But It's Not Google" comment appeared a number of times, as did sarcastic comments like "Looks like Live search again. Good to see Microsoft trying new things." There were also a few variations of "MS is a bloated sinking ship...bing is nothing but a desperate attempt by an obsolete company." You get the picture. Today, though, they can actually try it. And the overwhelming number of user comments on our launch post Sunday evening are extremely positive. People like Bing. A few of them: