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Bing and Dynamics NAV

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As some of you know MS has released new and rebranded search engine Bing. I really like their instant video search. The search results were pretty good. I search for VARIABLEACTIVE, and it showed MSDN documentation and that it no longer is supported in NAV 2009. Google displayed also Mibuso thread that was a few days old. Searching for VARIABLEACTIVE mibuso showed the thread but would take me to the list of threads and not to the actual thread posting.
I tried to search for Dynamics and Bing automatically suggested search option. Here is a screenshot. Is anything wrong with the picture? Of course there is. There is no Dynamics NAV suggestion.
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So I searched for Dynamics NAV and the results show MS website and details about NAV.
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Notice that related Search has Dynamics GP. Next I tried to search for Dynamics GP and notice the Related Searches on left. I wonder if Bing is telling us something.
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I’m sure a lot of research has gone into algorithms to find what the users are looking for. I am wondering if search engines use and monitor people using them.
For example, if 1000 people search for same word and they all click on the 3rd link, maybe that link is more relevant than the first 2. Or if they stop searching after they click on certain link. I’m sure this is not exact science, and companies/users could abuse it but for forums website where people are searching for solutions, this could help a lot. I’m sure they are researching how people are using the results. I know I do when I write programs for Nav users. I usually watch them and see how they use what I have built, and get ideas on how to make the process for them more efficient.
Overall I think Bing another option for search engines. I use firefox as default browser, and by default it opens to blank page, but after seeing the beautiful daily pictures, I’ve change bing as my default startup page. I suggest to try it for a week and see if you like it.

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