On Friday afternoon, I used to be capable of play a bit with Bing Deep Search, Microsoft’s “enhancement” to Bing Search that gives a “deeper and richer exploration of the online.” And truthfully, my fast impression was that I used to be not too impressed, largely as a result of some outcomes weren’t returned and since it took a few full minute for it to offer outcomes.
Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft mentioned they’re nonetheless testing it.
Microsoft introduced Deep Search on December 5, 2024 and has since then not supplied a lot of an replace exterior saying sooner or later it’d come to Bing Chat/Copilot when it will get sooner. However I’ve not seen many individuals see Deep Search within the wild since. That’s till Friday afternoon.
On Friday afternoon, after Shameem Adhikarath noticed it within the wild, I attempted and I additionally was capable of see it, so I wrote up my fast ideas on Search Engine Land.
We knew Bing Deep Search was tremendous gradual however I did not notice how gradual that basically was. It took over a minute for many searches and a few of the searches I attempted return a response that learn “Sorry, I am unable to assist with that” and I ought to “Seek for one thing else.”
Listed below are some screenshots I grabbed of my searches:
I not see this Deep Search icon – I believe they launched this characteristic too extensively on Friday afternoon and pulled it again shortly after.
Right here is the place it’s producing a solution (actually providing you with question refinements in a better approach):
Look to the correct, I looked for Bing and it advised me these choices on the correct, so I chosen “AI Chat”:
For [search engine optimization] it didn’t give me a response:
However for search engine marketing firms it did:
Glenn Gabe additionally performed with it and he wrote, “I have been testing this with a number of queries. It is horrible IMO. It took over a minute per question (sure over 60 seconds to get outcomes), failed a number of occasions (returning a clean display screen with an error message), and when outcomes have been returned, I did not actually perceive the distinction between the default outcomes and Deep Search. There isn’t a approach this will roll out in its present type. It is horrible. No one will use this. No one.”
I have been testing this with a number of queries. It is horrible IMO. It took over a minute per question (sure over 60 seconds to get outcomes), failed a number of occasions (returning a clean display screen with an error message), and when outcomes have been returned, I did not actually perceive the distinction… https://t.co/wCXmCYV8Wg
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024
He shared extra examples:
@MParakhin I have been testing Deep Search. See this thread. Unsure what is going on on there, however takes over 1 minute per question and fails like 80% of the time. There isn’t a approach this will go dwell. Simply my 2 cents.
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024
Tremendous-disappointed when testing Deep Search. If “deep” means clean screens and error pages, whereas ready over a minute to see that, then I am going to skip Deep Search subsequent time. I do know they’re engaged on bettering this, however I believe it is a bit complicated for customers now (even when it… https://t.co/1ztPpNasFR
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 5, 2024
Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft responded to those threads:
We’re testing it in all places, the plan is to launch in all places, too.
— Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024
Why did it fail on some searches? Nicely, testing and debugging:
Obtained it. I believe it may confuse many, many individuals. How do they know it is just for that kind of question? Many will simply click on it, and wait endlessly. After which the SERPs do not look a lot completely different, and it is exhausting to know what Deep Search did versus a normal search. I’d…
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024
You’ll be able to toggle over the search refinements to get extra particulars:
And in the event you hovered over the toggle, it can present the longer rationalization of the question interpretation.
— Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024
I’m not sure if searchers will wait this lengthy for a search response…
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