Questions tagged [bing]
A web search engine from Microsoft, formerly known as Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search.
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How to enable Bing's "Chat with Video" feature?
There was a 'Chat with Video' feature on Bing that no longer appears in my account/region.
It allowed one to talk to a GPT instance that is knowledgeable on the topic of the video.
How do I enable ...
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Bing safe search option is fixed to 'strict' and cannot be changed
In the Bing.com, there is a safe search option.
I chose 'off' and clicked 'save' and then agreed to the age verification.
Of course I am an adult.
But this option still remains as 'strict'.
I did the ...
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how to download the audio of Bing translator's text to speech
https://bing.com/translator
I already knew that we can record it use whatever apps that can do it.
but I want to know can we find the audio file in the browser?
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How do I get rid of this, hopefully forever?
OS - Windows 8, 8.1 & 10
browser - Firefox
I am unsure which company created the small overlay window & I've asked Microsoft, Firefox & Bing about this, never got an answer from them.
When ...
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Advanced Search in only URLs matching a certain string
I want to search in all GitHub sub-pages containing the word "ja.po", like this page:
https://github.com/xfce-mirror/thunar/blob/master/po/ja.po?fbclid=...
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What query parameters does Bing have?
I'm writing a bookmarklet[1] for Bing, and would like to customise my search.
The bookmarklet URL takes the form of:
https://www.bing.com/search?q=%s&some=other¶meters=etc
After quite a ...
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Significance of Bing's enboldening of some search results
What's the significance of Bing's enboldening in some search result entries?
I have found no answer to this from web search using Google... or Bing :)
For example, some words in some entries (inc. ...
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Save quotes in Bing Translator
If you enter this link:
https://www.bing.com/translator/?to=en&text=test"this,and that
You'll see the comma and space get delivered fine, but the quotes turn to \x22.
Is there anything that can ...
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Combination of quotations and OR do not work in Bing Search
To proceed on the question posted here: Quotation marks do not work in Bing?
I want to make a combined search for two variations of the same sentence.
It could be for instance:
Query: "moscow is a ...
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Static Image URL using Bing Maps with Polygon Shape
Google Maps has a URL call that can create a polygon and create an image with this information. I am trying to find something similar for Bing. I read their static image documentation and it just ...
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I'm feeling lucky feature for search engines such as Bing and Yahoo
Google has the I'm feeling lucky thing: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/firefox-4-im-feeling-lucky-addres-bar/
Duck Duck Go has their own version, called ducky. You type in ! before search term:...
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How to use Google instead of Bing Translation on Twitter
How can I set Google Translate instead of Bing Translation on Twitter? I would like to use the more mature Google Translate instead of Bing, so is there a way to configure this?
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How to display Bing results only in a certain language?
Is there something similar to Google Advanced Search, where you can set the preferred language for the search results, for Bing?
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Bing search for exact phrase containing “@”
When I search "@test" in Google, the results contain exact @test phrase (which is right) but in Bing it ignores @. Is there anyway to change Bing's behaviour?
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"More results from" (same domain) on Bing
On Google Search, if a search returns multiple results from the same site (e.g., forum sites, Super User...), you get a "More results from..." at the bottom to basically redo the original search with ...
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How do you remove results from searches in bing?
I want to remove results from a query in bing. But when I use the NOT, which I have read is to remove searches. But whenever I do use NOT it just includes the keyword I am trying to remove.
For ...
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How to identify common queries for a topic? [closed]
I'm trying to understand the most common queries entered on Google (or Bing or Yahoo!) for a given topic, in the context of a study. This is not exactly SEO, but it's closely related.
In my study, I ...
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Why does Bing need to use an install package to make it your homepage?
I can not find a good explanation of why or what it needs to install. If this wasn't from a well known reputable company there is no way anyone would opt in to that.
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How to stop Bing translations in Twitter?
I noticed during the last days that Twitter adds a “translation” from Bing Translate to tweets when I expand a tweet in the web interface. This happens even on my own tweets.
Is there a way to turn ...
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What is this “Bing Application”?
I found this today on Bing:
Clicking leads you to bingsearch://app/search?q=ghhfgfgdgfdgh&FORM=HDRW8P, which is not any known or sensible protocol and consequently displays as a dead link. What is ...
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Where can I search the web for sites that are hotlinking JavaScript from a particular domain? [closed]
Similar to Google's inanchor: operator, I'm looking for a search engine that will let me search for sites that are using a particular JavaScript.
For instance I would like to search to compare the ...
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Can we get statistics from Bing search?
I want to setup Bing search for my own website with the help of Bing API. Is it possible to get some sort of statistics that tells me what kind of searches users made on my website or where they are ...
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Possible to specify multiple sites to search using Bing?
If I want to search the site mysite.com on Bing, I can type:
my search terms site:mysite.com
Is there a way to specify multiple sites to search? I've tried:
my search terms site:mysite.com,...
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Block sites from appearing in Bing Search results
Is there a way to tell Bing that I never want results from a certain domain?
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How does Bing know the terms that I had recently Googled in the past month?
After I typed "a" into Bing, a list of terms that I had recently queried in Google appeared in purple.
How does Bing know what terms I recently Googled?
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Activated Bing with Facebook only shows preview and no columns
I activated the new Bing.com experience to Facebook but nothing's coming up for me.
I just see "preview" label under the Bing logo and no additional columns.
Tried in all major browsers, no ...
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Using Bing search API returns different results than the site [closed]
Why is it that when using the Bing search API results come back far different than what we tried on the Bing.com search page?
In testing, I get great results if I search for an exact phrase, but ...
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Quotation marks do not work in Bing?
The query "moscow is a beautiful city" does not return any results containing the exact search phrase (compare to Google's response). Is it a bug in Bing and are there any workarounds?
And ...
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Bing search extension (Google-like)
Is there in Bing (www.bing.com) anythink like Google searching extensions?
For example:
inurl:bing site:stackoverflow.com
will restrict searching through Google only for this (awesome, btw) website ...
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What choices do I have for localizing Bing News?
Bing News (www.bing.com/news) defaults to a location that is nowhere near where I live. Changing my location using the site seems to store the information in a cookie. This is less than ideal. Can ...
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How do I tell Bing Maps to always default to “automatic” view?
Bing Maps offers three views:
Road
Birds-Eye
Automatic, which switches between Road and Birds-Eye view depending on your zoom level.
I want Bing Maps to always come up in Automatic view, but I can’t ...
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How do I get time data from my Bing Search History?
Microsoft claims that Bing search history can provide time data. But when I log in with my WindowsLiveID and view my search history, all I see is dates. Is there some hidden way to get the search time ...
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How do I change my password with Zvents?
I've noticed that Bing Events uses Zvents. The submit an event option takes you right to Zvents. I'd like to know how to change my password on Zvents.
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Create link to Bing maps with push pin at the centre
I want to be able to include a link to Bing Maps at specific geocordinates and preferably include a pushpin at those same coordinates.
I have no problem with the centering on coordinates part of that ...
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Bing - Is there a NCR site for it?
Just like Google having an NCR (No Country Redirect) URL, does Bing have one?
Basically, I am looking for a site URL which will take me to the US - English site?
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Which was the automatic search tool from Google or Bing that used a link? [closed]
I remember there was a version of Google or Bing that you could input a search query, hit enter, and get the link for that, and send it to someone, and they could watch the query type itself out and ...
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Hidden features in Bing [closed]
Do you know of any hidden features in Bing or Bing Maps?
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Change Pin Icons in Bing Maps
Is it possible to change the icons for pushpins in "My Places"?
If I import a Google Maps kml I can see the custom icons from Goole but I can't figure out how to change them in Bing Maps.
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Can I make parental searches on Bing / Google?
Is it possible to make searches on Bing, Google or another search machine, that will only show results that is, for example, PG-rated?
For example, if I wanted to send a school student to search on ...
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Why are web apps/sites ranked on top of others on the major search engines such as Google, Bing in simple terms [closed]
I need to understand, from a users point of view (layman terms), what is it that makes search engines rank web apps above others when returning search results.
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How do you figure out the popularity of different search terms in Bing?
Google Trends lets you view the relative popularity of search terms, is there a similar service for Bing?
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