Along with the improvements related to technical search terms in Bing, Microsoft today announced improvements to searches related to software download. As we all know,_people rely on search engines to download the software they need. When people try to download software from the web, the look at the following factors, Cost: Free or paid? Download Site: Official or verified site to download Reviews : Rating of the software Related: Are there any similar products which might be better? Safety: Risk of malicious software Based on these factors, Bing team has developed a search results page which will look_like the above._In the example above, we were searching for “Audacity” which is a sound recording and editing tool. As you can see, the entity pane provides pertinent information like: Quick description about the product including the official logo. Cost information is provided right at the top Official as well as trusted download locations are provided Reviews from different sources are aggregated and shown. Individual reviews links are also provided. This enables people...

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