So what are your thoughts expectations for Bing? Think it can take the crown away from google?
[URL="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/170811/3_reasons_google_should_fear_microsoftyahoo_partnership.html"]PC World Article[/URL]
[B]Microsoft has said that it plans to spend 5 to 10 percent of its operating income on search over the next five years, a number that works out to be roughly $10 billion per year.
From the outset, Microsoft pointed all its guns at Google with Bing, working to make its interface warm and colorful and structure its search results into categories, as opposed to Google's minimalist interface and long list of links. The subsequent $100 million ad campaign for Bing has focused on how it is more organized and user-friendly than Google.[/B]