http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspxBy all early accounts, and granted it is VERY early, Bing is doing well. The buzz seems strong, the numbers are good, and if nothing else people are taking a look at Bing where they didn&rsquo;t pay Live Search any mind at all. But a couple of Bing relatedenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspx#13685Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:11:36 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:13685zen<p>Microsoft really has no choice. It cannot abandon search, but it lacks the power to overcome the dominant player, esp. when it&#39;s a strong company like Google. All it can do is try to do a steal here and there, but it is increasingly becoming evident that it will remain a second or third ranked player. Actually, beating Yahoo would already be a tremendous milestone. That goal may be within reach if they continue to improve and push BING.</p> <p>I don&#39;t think this thing with Kayak is a show stopper. &nbsp;It&#39;s not the first time that Microsoft have &quot;referenced&quot; other companies&#39; UI designs!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13685" width="1" height="1">http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspx#13682Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:31:52 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:13682Alber1690<p>I&#39;m with &quot;danz32,&quot; when &quot;google&quot; is its own entity, Microsoft needs to be aggressive with pushing a new brand onto the pop culture sphere. On top of that, I watched the whole show from beginning to end and uploaded the two short clips that everyone thinks is &quot;obnoxious.&quot; Together they add up to just one minute and would show right before going to commercial break, but you knew it was not exactly part of the episode. (<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt2r0ibNmJU">www.youtube.com/watch</a>). There were also maybe 2 regular Bing commercials that played throghout the hour. But come on...this isn&#39;t even THAT much to be complaining so much about.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13682" width="1" height="1">http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspx#13681Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:36:32 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:13681danz32<p>(Mind you, I didn&#39;t see the show last night, but...I don&#39;t blame MS at all for the idea of pushing the bing name on a TV show.</p> <p>When Google is used a verb for search in mainstream society, you really need to try and get people to start having bing in their mindset when doing a search</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13681" width="1" height="1">http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspx#13680Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:28:55 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:13680Kip Kniskern<p>I just grabbed a screenshot of the UI, didn&#39;t think to match the dates etc. &nbsp;The flights on Kayak are for July 9, booked well in advance. &nbsp;On Bing, the flights were for 6/24, so the same day, which is usually much more expensive. &nbsp;Should have been a little more careful, oops.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13680" width="1" height="1">http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/06/25/kayak-and-the-philanthropist-bing-backlash.aspx#13679Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:48:53 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:13679mcrobbiegt<p>how come Kayak shows flight cost to be 179 USD and Bing shows the flight costs &nbsp;1391 USD??? !!!! </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13679" width="1" height="1">