Anyone notice Bing's webpage?

Bing ^ | Sept 4, 2011 | vanity

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I was just going to say, exactly opposite of what google would ever do!

Google is doing a tribute to a gay rock star now. Odds they would do so if he wasn’t gay... zero

All I see on Google's search page is a small American flag under the buttons, with a tooltip that reads "Labor Day 2011". The idea that Microsoft is somehow more patriotic than Google is laughable - Seattle and Mountain View are both deep in blue territory, folks.

[McGavin999]

I don’t use Google anymore, I use Bing almost exclusively. Even at work I’ve convinced almost everyone to use Bing.

[JoeProBono]

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for that. Bing is my default search engine, so I had to type in their URL. It is a beautiful shot, and I “liked” it to my FB page.

[tomkat]

I've had Bing as my search bar default for a week or so now, and today's background made it easy to make the switch as the default for address bar/overall search as well.

Google is now history on my machines, fwiw.

At least Bing/MS is making an effort, whereas Google no longer even tries, so:   # plonk google

[Dixie Yooper]

But what they really need is a link to a contest to come up with a new name for the holiday, its current name having been irretrievably damaged by Organized Labor.

Check the history of Labor Day. It was created for organized labor, not the Common Working Man. As far as I'm concerned, it should be abolished along with a few others that we can't afford.

[tomkat]

Duuude !
A belated Welcome to FR  

[EternalVigilance]

The Left’s high holy days are May Day, Labor Day, and Halloween, because they’re made up of communists, union thugs, and bloodsucking vampires.

And if they could create a day for sexual perversion, they would.

Look out St. Valentine!

[sten]

this is the flag as posted on the google page:

yup. the smallest graphic i've ever seen them do in recognition of a holiday or special date. normally, the graphic is elaborately woven throughout the name 'google'

obvious anti-American attitudes are... obvious

[Siena Dreaming]

Google is better at searching. Microsoft is better at leftism (and sucks generally).

Google is horribly left.

All their top brass are hook, line and sinker into green. Their shareholders are now complaining because the execs are secretive about how much $ the have in environmental causes. The Google CEO is planted right in the White House.

Steve Ballmer of MSFT, however, tows a pretty centrist line. His political contributions are right in the middle (with Repubs having a slight edge). He also made a statement recently that if corporate taxes go up, he will consider re-locating outside the country...a veiled slam at the WH. I grant you Gates is left, but Ballmer runs the company now. And I have switched from using Google to Bing because Bing consistently posts pro-christian, pro-American images on the holidays.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

That is right. Good point. And Gates has zero to do with running MS. Its Ballmer’s baby now.

[Cobra64]

Does anyone know where was that shot taken?

[JimRed]

I’ve been BINGing ever since it became available. Who needs Google?

[cynwoody]

Does anyone know where was that shot taken?

Somewhere near at 42.35299, -71.05669. Close to the Boston Federal Reserve tower and South Station.

I googled for flag-rigger photos (Bing's image URL refers to 'flag rigger'), and versions of that shot popped up all over. The descriptions all said it was in Boston. So, given it must have been downtown and there's an expressway in the background, I looked for a building with a curved front and, when I found one, I checked it out using Bing's oblique photography and saw that it matched the one in the photo.

[Ernie Kaputnik]

That’s totally righteous, Bra. Love this forum. Glad to be here. Muchas gracias, hermano.

[samtheman]

Look at the sh*t that’s on google today.

Yesterday an itty-bitty American flag.

Today a multi-media opus to a fudge packer.