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 supply outcomes.
Mikhail Parakhin from Microsoft stated 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 at some point it would 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 sluggish however I did not understand how sluggish that actually was. It took over a minute for many searches and a few of the searches I attempted return a response that learn “Sorry, I can not 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 think they launched this characteristic too broadly 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 precise, I looked for Bing and it instructed me these choices on the precise, so I chosen “AI Chat”:
For [search engine optimization] it didn’t give me a response:
However for web optimization 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 had been returned, I did not actually perceive the distinction between the default outcomes and Deep Search. There is no such thing as a approach this could roll out in its present type. It is horrible. No person will use this. No person.”
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 had 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 is no such thing as a approach this could go stay. 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 will skip Deep Search subsequent time. I do know they’re engaged on enhancing this, however I feel it’s kind of 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 every single place, the plan is to launch in every single place, too.
— Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024
Why did it fail on some searches? Nicely, testing and debugging:
Obtained it. I feel it is going to 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 totally different, and it is exhausting to know what Deep Search did versus a normal search. I might…
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024
You may toggle over the search refinements to get extra particulars:
And for those who hovered over the toggle, it’ll present the longer clarification of the question interpretation.
— Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024
I’m uncertain if searchers will wait this lengthy for a search response…
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