Bing
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Bing is a web search service by Microsoft that you can use to implement delegated personal site search.
IndieWeb Examples
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IndieWeb sites that use Bing for delegated personal site search results.
None so far. If you add one, add yourself!
- Add yourself here… (see this for more details)
Features
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Bing Search has many typical web search engine features such
- text search
- image search
- featured snippets
And a few advanced features like
- date range search
Featured Snippets
Though initially named for showing a “snippet” of portion of a search result, Bing sometimes shows a generated snippet or other summary display, e.g. of calendar months.
E.g. here is a Bing search for: dec 2024 that shows a very readable generated snippet for the month of December 2024, before any “organic” search results or ads:
Brainstorming
How to add personal site search
Bing search URLs are of the form:
- https://www.bing.com/search?q=SEARCHTERM
A Bing site-specific search (e.g. for EXAMPLE.COM URLs) looks like this:
- https://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3AEXAMPLE.COM+SEARCHTERM
If you want to use Bing for your personal site search, you can add a form like this to your site:
<search role="search"> <form class="search" action="https://www.bing.com/search" method="get"><div> <input type="search" value="site:EXAMPLE.COM " name="q" style="max-width:15em"/> <button type="submit">Search</button> </div></form> </search>
be sure to replace EXAMPLE.COM with your domain name!
Optional: change the max-width:15em to whatever width you want by default for your search box.