Live Search Maps to be called "Bing"? (All Points Blog)

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Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft filed for the domains "bing.com" and "bing.net." That was one of names circulating for the company's new name for search, though of late Kumo was winning in most rumors.

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one less syllable than google, i like it
with an effective ad campaign people might start using it

 

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Looks MS are indeed going to call their new search engine Bing.com.

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/n...crosoft-spend-100m-search-engine-called-bing/

I much prefer the name kumo.com to be honest, bing.com sounds a bit silly.

Additional info: MS bought bing.com back in 2007 for 25k.

- Rob