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Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial

Thanks to one of our alert readers, we get our first look at a Bing commercial:

More information on the Bing Virtual Presskit page on Microsoft Press Pass

Of course it's a natural that we'd get the cute little "Bing" sound, but will it be cute overload?  We'll let you sound off on what you think of the new commercial, and we'll have more as Dr. Qi Lu speaks at SMX Advanced tomorrow.

(and no, we're not going to change our name to BingSide!)

Comments

jamiet wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 2:54 AM

Errr...what's all that stuff about bail-outs and companies collapsing? What's that got to do searching?

I'm a bit confused!

yertthedestroyer wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 3:13 AM

As much as I love Microsoft's products, their vision videos and the product use projected in commercials is way too freaking happy. It's annoying.

Khristopher wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 3:32 AM

They censored the word crap? Haha. What is this? 1955?

tophtucker wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 3:35 AM

I feel like it's a cross between the Dr. Strangelove trailer and Powerthirst.

www.youtube.com/watch

www.youtube.com/watch

Alber1690 wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 4:12 AM

There are some elements in that commercial which I really, really liked; I hope the general public agrees. I think it appropriately builds enough curiosity to give Bing.com a try, but let's hope they're not too confused about what it is in the first place.

brentgv wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 5:39 AM

I think I pretty much agree with everyone above.  Hard to tell if this ad is going to sell it.

RLP wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 7:13 AM

I like the concept, but I think the execution was a bit sloppy.  I think the last half sold the "decision engine" idea fairly well, but the first half was unfocused and didn't adequately lead into the second half.

damaster wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 7:14 AM

Did anyone realise Bing is no longer "preview" in the US.

But it's still "Beta" in other countries outside the US.

Also, apparently Bing Travel is a combination of MSN Travel and Farecast.

Cubkyle wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 10:11 AM

Hoy, if they want a good commercial, they should make a commercial with Crazy Frog. Half of the "singing" he does is comprised of Bings!

www.youtube.com/watch

andrew19ao wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Wed, Jun 3 2009 11:55 AM

The sensored the word crap but it was really well done, not a beep.

Good commerical, I liked it.

puppet wrote re: Boys and girls, the first Bing commercial
on Thu, Jun 4 2009 12:40 AM

i hate the way he says Bing! lol

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