Bing Adds School Ratings To Search Results

Microsoft Bing has announced they’ve added a new feature to the school snapshot boxes on the right hand panel — the school’s rating. They’ve added school ratings, rankings and academic indicators directly in Bing Snapshot. Microsoft says this works for searching for schools from elementary to high school to higher education. Bing displays how they […]

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Microsoft Bing has announced they’ve added a new feature to the school snapshot boxes on the right hand panel — the school’s rating.

They’ve added school ratings, rankings and academic indicators directly in Bing Snapshot. Microsoft says this works for searching for schools from elementary to high school to higher education.

Bing displays how they rank nationally, within the state and their STEM rating. They also show nearby schools in the area and how they rank compared.

Here is a screen shot:

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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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