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Bing Improves Its Autosuggest Feature
Microsoft has improved its autosuggest feature on Bing to provide more timely results.
On the Bing Search Blog the company says that its research found 45 percent of search queries result either in a user conducting an immediate re-query, or quitting the page altogether.
As an example Bing cites the Golden Globe Awards and says its autosuggest now provides the latest news and information about recent winners.