Bing
Web search engine by Microsoft
Microsoft's web search engine for the Web, images, videos, shopping, news, maps, travel and local
Instructions
- Make sure that you spell search words correctly. Remember to leave a space between each word in your query.
- Use words that you would expect to find in the websites that you're looking for.
- Use the
OR
andNOT
keywords to combine or exclude words. For example, if you usetree NOT evergreen
, you will get results for trees but not for evergreen trees. - Vary your search terms. A different word or phrase will return different search results. Use fewer descriptive words, or try words that have a different but similar meaning. For example, try
alloy
instead ofmetal
orsteel
. - Search for exact phrases by placing the search words within quotation marks. For example
"short evergreen tree"
. - Basic searches aren't case sensitive.
- Common words, such as
a
,and
, andthe
are ignored unless you use quotation marks around them. For example,"a" car
"and" car
, or"the" car
. - If your search includes a date, type the name of the month instead of the calendar number.
- You don't have to type the word
AND
between your search words. By default, all searches areAND
searches. - You can type up to 150 characters, including spaces, in the search box.
What it's good for
- Previously called Live Search and "MSN Search"