I work with a lot of guys named Steve, and it can get pretty confusing and silly. Every time someone calls out “Hey Steve” in the news room, several heads turn, and I once – no joke – even got an email that addressed “Dear Steve, Steve and Steve.”
But thanks to the Bing team, my name issues don’t have to be yours. To help you find the person you’re searching for, Bing now shows you a snapshot view of people with the same name as you type your query, so you can choose select, say, Michelle Williams, the actress, instead of Michelle Williams, the singer from Destiny’s Child.
The new feature isn’t just for celebrity searches, either – using data like publicly available LinkedIn profiles, you can also narrow your search to just the one colleague or acquaintance you want to learn more about.
It’s a very nice way to make one of the most common types of searches a little simpler.
Read more on the Bing Search Blog.
Steve “No, the other Steve” Wiens
Microsoft News Center Staff