Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?
Summary: Maybe Kumo won't be the final new name for "Live Search" after all. "Bing" also still seems to be in the running.
Maybe Kumo won't be the final new name for Microsoft's "Live Search" after all. "Bing" also still seems to be in the running.
It was almost a year ago that I received a tip that Microsoft was considering three new names for its Live Search engine. Those three were "Hook," "Bing," and "Kumo." After the LiveSide.Net sleuths discovered that Microsoft had taken control of the Kumo domains, it seemed almost certain that Kumo was going to be the new name.
But now I'm not quite so sure. According to a "Who Is" search, Microsoft is now listed as the registrar of the "Bing.com" and "Bing.net" domains. (It looks like Microsoft might have made its ownership public around March 4, according to information on the Who Is site.) Microsoft is redirecting a bunch of its own servers to point to Bing, as well.
(Microsoft still also owns the Kumo domain names. iGenesis Limited in Hong Kong owns "Hook.com.")
The Softies have been calling "Kumo" a code name for the past month or so, but few believed that the company wouldn't also make Kumo (which means "cloud" or "spider" in Japanese) the final name.
I was starting to like Kumo. It sounds a lot better than "Bing it!"
I asked before and I'm asking again: [poll id ="32"]
Other write-in candidates welcome.
(For what it's worth: Microsoft isn't commenting on whether or not Bing will be the final name. I asked and got the official "no comment.)
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I think kumo.com is official
So, it seems to be official.
Secondly, after reading this, I find that world is lacking good names. I mean kumo was terrible and then bing!
I think it would be better if MS had asked some street boy for some good name.
Call it what you want to
that's brand loyalty, for you
nonexistent, you'll use Google over Live? Sure
you will?
I have several brands I'm pretty loyal to. I've
never bought an AMD processor, and probably
never will. I had a mac, it sucked, I'm
sticking with my beloved Windows from here on
out. But if Windows ever severely lagged behind
on something, or something came out that was
new and better, why not at least evaluate it?
If the new engine is something truly new, as
in, Microsoft makes it work as well as Google,
learn as well as Google, and integrates it with
the other products in the Microsoft line, I'll
certainly think about it. Since I use Chrome
all the time, I am pretty into the Google
search. Type right in the URL bar. Nice. But
then again... IE8 is looking much better, and
its search capabilities are much improved. It's
something to think about.
So while this post has been mostly fluff, it
seems to me that writing off the new search
without trying it can only hurt you. *shrug*
Beloved Windows?!
Name makes all the difference
RE: Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?
AskLurch.com
or how about nochanceinhellofbeatinggoogle.com
Why go halfway?? Bada-bing!
Live it baby
Search it, find it, live it
(live pernounced 'liv')
I do like the Bada-Bing...much more search engine sounding.
"Type in your search, and Bada-Bing, you'll find just what you were looking for."
badabing
Name it moogle then sue Google worked for Lindows
lack of brand
When MS can return what I'm looking for, like Google does, I'll switch to it. I don't care what the name is or who provides it, I just want the results.
Remember, this is just someone guessing
Alert or Micro Blog Service
Seems like Klooge would be a better fit
RE: Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?
Make "shodh" means search in Sanskrith....
Advantages:
1.Short
2.Easy to remember
3.Easy to type
4.At actuall means search........
Shodh it..........
How about...
Yeah, that has a good traditional M$FT sound of
failure to it.
The poor stupid monkeyboys of Redmond think that
the name is what differentiates a product. WRONG!
Twitter and google are silly named but effective
products. Vista was a serious name for a pile of
BloatWare. No one mistook it as an effective
product (well, except for easy Ed - I'll help you fix
Vista with twelve days of Tweaks.
Name has nothing to do with but the BloatFarmers
are too stupid to know that.
It is time to clean house at the BloatFarm starting
with the Mega-Monkeyboy and then the marketing
fools who think product name substitutes for
effectiveness.
WorksForSure sounds like the right name, like Zune,
WinMo, SPoT, Xbox, Vista and other M$FT products.
Bing?
it. what about Float? just "float it" out there
on the 'net.... perhaps something a bit more
simple:
List.com/Listit.com
Microsoft ought to call the new search MyRoar
Bing has zero power to it.
Bing sounds like a game
Bing is something a bell does or ding
Bing is lame
Roar has power
Engines roar
Chevy's roar
Airplanes roar
Lion's roar
Search engines roar when computing and processing.
Microsoft needs Power in their search game. If they were smart, they would run a survey to 1,000,000 + users. Let the users tell them. Give them a list of 10 to pick from. Not 3.
http://myroar.com/demo.php
RE: Wait: Could 'Bing' be the new name for Microsoft's Live Search?