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Bing includes Encyclopaedia Britannica feature

Bing search engine has upgraded its search engine with a new feature. The search engine which is powered by Microsoft has included answers which are … Continue reading Bing includes Encyclopaedia Britannica feature


Bing search engine has upgraded its search engine with a new feature.

The search engine which is powered by Microsoft has included answers which are from Encyclopaedia Britannica in its engine though the claim is that it has had the answer feature long ago but it was the inclusion of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to its answers that is new.

This is the second significant update Microsoft’s made to Bing over the past few days. On Wednesday, the company updated its Bing Webmaster Tools service to include new features and enhancements to previous services.

Advantage of the new feature?  It gives in-depth information to users who input search query into its engine which will also include summaries from Encyclopaedia Britannica articles in search results going as far giving the littlest details of search i.e. birth and death details of prominent people in the world.

The answers from Encyclopeadia results with this new partnership will include a thumbnail of the article, a quick overview and pertinent facts about the search query, the answers feature will also include links to other relevant online sources, including Qwiki, Wikipedia and Freebase. It also assures answer links to originating websites are not broken.