Bing keeps tights for concern

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Empty search engine

As Spiegel Online today a very positive article about the new Microsoft search engine "Bing" brought, I've been testing the thing fast times. Search images not really bad, the rest is not ran on Google, but that may change with time still. In any case, short message sent through Twitter and promptly comes from Wene the feedback that the word "tights" nothing is found. Ask me not now, why has there Wene "tights" made! In any case, men are eager to learn, so I also give "tights" one - in fact - a blank page. To the information "The search term tights may lead to sexually explicit content." Hm, I now give sample "sock" field. 324 000 hits. First hit: http://www.socke-gummi.de/, a manufacturer of rubber products, apparently without hesitation for the sexually Bing holds. Now I aggravated the test and give "bra" field. I whistle through his teeth: 16 million hits! First result: "BH - Wikipedia" :

BH stands for: Bahrain, after the country code of ISO 3166-1, builder, Companion Dog, Berkshire Hathaway, depot, Beverly Hills, probation officers, district captain, district administration, Belize / British Honduras (license plate) Blood and Honour, bolts, accounting ; bookstores, book dealers.

Great. The SPIEGEL Online so highly thought of "semantic" search. Of course, if I type bra, then I want to know something about a probation officer. Is indeed obvious. Meanwhile ... Wene arises the question of whether we can maybe change some settings in the Bing - something in the style of: knows "I'm over 18 and only need tights for bank robberies." Bing just a setting. His own ...

5 Comments

  1. wene
    June 3, 2009

    To be honest it is not my idea habs grown only by chance yesterday when it had found out about other Twitter :)

  2. wene
    June 3, 2009

    I guess I forgot to close the day ^ ^

  3. Markus
    June 3, 2009

    All the interesting features in Bing are located only gradually. According to the U.S. version are now only once all the other English-speaking countries it and then probably only the German version.
    See here: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Erste-Eindruecke-von-Bing-/meldung/139735

    For the rest: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/bing_hits_uk/

  4. MAEC
    June 4, 2009

    The filter can be switched off via Tools-Options. Then you are with the tights. First try, then grumble.

  5. Herbert
    June 4, 2009

    So in "Tools - Options" I do not leave because of filter - at least not at bing.de ...

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