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Microsoft has announced a new major redesign of Bing.com. A new Sidebar is being added to Bing search that shows your contacts and activity from social networks including Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Google was heavily criticized for integrating Google+ into search results and not offering information from other social networks. Google did not sign any business deals with Twitter and Facebook to offer data from those social networks. Google used to have a deal with Twitter, but that contract expired. Microsoft renewed their contract with Twitter. The social Sidebar on Bing.com will show relevant search results. Like if you search for the Taj Mahal on Bing, you might see a picture of your Facebook friend visiting the Taj Mahal. Bing will also be adding data from LinkedIn, Foursquare, and Skype to the Sidebar this summer.

Microsoft Principal Group Program Manager Sally Salas wrote a blog post about how Bing has changed around their search results pages. Bing has removed unnecessary distractions and built a de-cluttered experience to help you find results faster. The “left rail” has been removed and the header has been minimized. All of the result annotations and social data is consistent in one spot now to make the page easier to use. As a result of the design, load time is faster and relevance has been improved under the hood. To make a comparison, above is the new design and below is the old design
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