We knew Bing Deep Search was very slow, but I didn’t realize how slow it really was. It took over a minute for most searches and some of the searches I tried returned a response that said “Sorry, I can’t help with that” and I should “Search something else”.<\/p>\n
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I don’t see that deep search icon anymore; I suspect they released this feature too widely on Friday afternoon and pulled it shortly after.<\/p>\n Here’s where it’s generating a response (really giving you query enhancements in a smarter way):<\/p>\n Look to the right, I searched Bing and it said these options on the right, so I selected “AI Chat”:<\/p>\n For [search engine optimization] didn’t give me an answer:<\/p>\n But for SEO companies it did:<\/p>\n Glenn Gabe also played with it and wrote: “I’ve been testing this with multiple queries. It’s terrible IMO. It took over a minute per query (yes over 60 seconds to get results), failed multiple times (returning a blank screen).with an error message), and when the results were returned, I didn’t really understand the difference between default results and deep search. There’s no way this could be implemented in its current form. It’s horrible. Nobody’s going to use it. Nobody.”<\/p>\n I have been testing this with several queries. It’s terrible IMO. It took over a minute per query (yes, over 60 seconds to get results), failed several times (returning a blank screen with an error message), and when the results came back, I didn’t really understand the difference… https:\/\/t.co\/wCXmCYV8Wg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n He shared more examples:<\/p>\n @MParakhin<\/a> I have been trying Deep Search. Check out this thread. Not sure what’s going on there, but it takes over 1 minute per query and fails like 80% of the time. There’s no way this could go live. Just my 2 cents.<\/p>\n \u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n Super disappointed to try Deep Search. If “deep” means blank screens and error pages while I wait more than a minute to see it, I’ll skip the deep search next time. I know they’re working on improving it, but I think it’s a bit confusing for users right now (even when\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/1ztPpNasFR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 5, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n Microsoft’s Mikhail Parakhin responded to these threads:<\/p>\n We are testing it everywhere, the plan is also to roll it out everywhere.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n Why did some searches fail? Well, test and debug:<\/p>\n I have it. I think it will confuse a lot of people. How do they know it’s just for this type of query? Many will just click it and wait forever. And then the SERPs don’t look much different and it’s hard to tell what Deep Search did compared to a standard search. I would\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) February 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n You can toggle between search refinements for more details:<\/p>\n And if you hovered over the toggle, the longer explanation of the query interpretation will be displayed.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin) February 2, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n I’m not sure if searchers will wait that long for a search answer…<\/p>\n Discussion forum a X<\/a>.<\/p>\n ![\"Bing](\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.seroundtable.com\/bing-deep-search-icon-1707011187.png\"){kind=icon}
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