Microsoft zeroes in on Facebook 'likes' in its Bing results

Microsoft is incorporating several new Facebook social cues into its Bing search results, taking advantage of its ongoing partnership with the social-networking giant to find additional ways to compete with Google.wholesale Android Tablets
Since late last year, Bing search results have highlighted the stories and other online content that a person's Facebook connections "liked" from across the Web, when it seemed relevant to the query.

In the days ahead, Microsoft,wholesale tablet pc online an investor in the Palo Alto company, will begin highlighting those social signals more frequently and prominently. It will also add more liked categories from Facebook friends, including specific online sites.

In addition, wholesale ebook reader Microsoft says it will tap into the "collective IQ" of the Web, by indicating articles and topics that many Facebook members are liking, regardless of whether those people are connected to the Bing user.

Finally, the company is introducing something it calls "conversational search," allowing users to easily ask their friends about online decisions they're trying to make. wholesale netbook shop

For instance, if a person types a travel query, such as "Paris," Bing will show Facebook friends who live there. By clicking on the adjacent link, users can ask those people about things like hotels or transportation.wholesale baby monitor

Likewise, within Bing's shopping results, people can click on items they might be interested in, such as various cameras, and then click on a button that transports them to a Facebook messaging page. Once there, a Bing user can ask photographer friends for recommendations in a note that automatically includes the items in question. wholesale car recorder