Goodbye "search" engines, hello "decision" engines...
Microsoft are releasing a new engine called "Bing" which provides smarter results and is born out of the fact that 15% of Google searches are abandoned.
Bing claims to be "not just a search Engine - but a decision Engine".
Results are not just ranked by popularity but by logical categories & really excels when it comes to complex searches such as shopping or planing a holiday.
For example you can enter the dates of your holiday and Bing will aggregate results from various airlines & even can show you a chart of when the fares will be cheapest.
When searching for a restaurant you can refine your results by price, parking or even atmosphere.
It's not the semantic web, but it shows us we're well on our way to a smarter web....and I can't wait to try it, but it's not yet unveiled unfortunately.
For more details check out Business Week's article.
