Bing Wants You To Ask Your Facebook Friends, Too

Using Bing to find the best sushi place in town? Now you can integrate your friends into the search. Bing announced Monday that it is enhancing its Facebook ties, allowing users to tag friends in searches and post queries instantly to their timeline.

Using Bing to find the best sushi place in town? Now you can integrate your friends into the search. Bing announced Monday that it is enhancing its Facebook ties, allowing users to tag friends in searches and post queries instantly to their timeline.

Bing figured that if you’ve got questions, why not tap into the power of your Facebook friends? Using the Social Sidebar, searchers can gain input from those they know.

Bing announced this news on its blog:

Have a friend who’s a travel guru and can help you plan a summer vacation? A foodie who can lend some suggestions for your next backyard barbecue? Or maybe you’re searching for great hiking trails and want your friends to tag along.

When searching on Bing, simply enter a question or comment in the sidebar and type the name of a friend on Facebook to tag him or her (you can tag up to five...

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