Bing can only track you as a user if you are logged into your Microsoft account. Bing uses cookies, so it can do some tracking even if you are not logged in. However, unless I’m misunderstanding something very fundamental about how browsers work, Bing is unable to track actual clicks in search results at the level that Google does.
Does bing know my location?
The way I understand Bing Maps, the blue button is the GPS indicator. When it turns bright blue, it has a lock on your location. When you click it, it will show you the location.
You are misunderstanding. You set that option in the BROWSER. There’s no general setting for “not displaying your location”. Thus that setting affects websites that you go to in the BROWSER . It does not affect other apps such as Bing Maps which do not run in the browser. Plus, you hit the button to allow Bing Maps to find your location.
How does the Bing search toolbar work?
Bing specifically identifies google (and other search engine) queries, and identifies entered search terms (which are highlighted in the toolbar, from what I read). If they later tie those search terms, with the sites a user visited immediately after, then they’re still copying Google by proxy, even it’s via URI and not via html code.
By refusing to collect data on users, no-tracking search engines distinguish themselves from Google or Bing; there’s no profile to share with advertisers. What are the best no-tracking search engines?
Why does Bing give the same search results as Yahoo?
If Yahoo or even some random search engine had set up this “honey pot”, and had users consistently enter the rubbish search term, and click on a certain URL, bing based on what you entered in the search query box, followed by what you clicked on, would automatically give you the same result because this is what is of apparent interest to YOU.
Where do you get Bing Local news stories from?
When I open Bing and go to the News tab and then to Local, I get stories from Pittsburg, KS. Problem is that I’m in the St. Louis, MO area. It used to work . I have my location set to suburb of St. Louis.
How can I Find my location?
My Location is a free online tool to find your current location and show where am I right now on map coordinates. My current location will give you the latitude and longitude and address on a map. You can share your current location with friends and family for meetup purposes or browse the map around your location.