Razorfish's Joshua Palau poses an interesting question - "Is Search Innovative?" on Search Engine Watch at:
http://searchenginewatch.com/3634828

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Is Search Innovative?
By Joshua Palau
Search Engine Watch
Aug 28, 2009

During a recent conversation with a few clients, they surprised me by remarking, "Well, search really isn't all that innovative."

Their rationale: for the better part of the last 10 years, there have been only three engines (and depending on your budget, you may only be working with one) and their offerings have remained more or less the same.

Bob is quoted in this BtoB Magazine article about Bing at:
http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090608/FREE/30608...

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Bing or bust? Will Microsoft's new search engine succeed?
Will Microsoft's new search engine brand be able to draw users—and marketing dollars?
By Christopher Hosford
June 8, 2009

Microsoft Corp.'s new search engine, dubbed “Bing,” has made a big splash since its launch late last month, courtesy of a $100 million branding campaign that broke last week.

Greg Sterling follows up on Bing in his article in Search Engine Land at:
http://searchengineland.com/did-bing-leapfrog-yahoo-not-exactly-20566

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Did Bing Leapfrog Yahoo? Not Exactly
Jun 5, 2009
by Greg Sterling

We saw the same headline, based on data issued by StatCounter from Thursday. These data reportedly show that yesterday the share of searches went like this:

Google: 71.47 percent
Bing: 16.28 percent
Yahoo: 10.22 percent

New Statcounter data raises the question: "Did Bing Just Leapfrog Yahoo?", on TechCrunch at:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/05/did-bing-just-leapfrog-yahoo-search/

The estimable David Berkowitz has a great take on Google Wave in Mediapost's Social Media Insider at:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=1...

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Wave Riding Over Bing
by David Berkowitz
June 2, 2009

In the future, my dad will be a blogger. He'll create wikis. He'll have his work translated into languages spoken across Europe, Asia, and South America. He'll accomplish it effortlessly with Google Wave. I watched the 80-minute developer preview of Wave, and it's going to make nearly everyone a social media creator.

Interesting opinion piece about Bing on the Postmodem blog at:
http://www.postmodem.co.uk/?p=47

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What on earth were Microsoft thinking: The Bing disaster
By Daryl
June 2, 2009

The launch of Microsoft’s rebranded search engine “bing” on the 1st of June has left me completely speechless. Not through admiration I hasten to add but because it’s all been done so badly! This has to be the web equivalent of rubbernecking at a car crash - so please drive carefully.

Ad Age covers Microsoft's roll-out of Bing, its new Search Engine at:
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=136847

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Microsoft Aims Big Guns at Google, Asks Consumers to Rethink Search
Here's Why an $80M Ad Effort for a Search Engine, Bing, Makes Some Sense
by Abbey Klaassen
Published: May 25, 2009

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Microsoft has used attack ads to go after Apple, and now it has Google in its sights.