Bing BS

gstep51 · 2009-08-02 11:02:20

:icon_google: And I thought you said bling.

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Aug 2, 2009 | 09:13 AM

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Scooter68

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And I thought you said bling.

Aug 2, 2009 | 09:28 AM

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beaucoup_dinkydow

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did a google search on "how to disable vibrant in-text advertising".
the eldergeek site gave instructions on adding to restricted sites.
seems to be working for me so far.

Aug 2, 2009 | 09:32 AM

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pastorralph

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Download Mozilla Firefox or Opera. Faster than Explorer without all the BingS. The new M.E. 9.0 whatever is worse than before.

Aug 2, 2009 | 09:41 AM

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gstep51

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Thanks for the info. I guess I can put my sledge hammer away now.

Aug 2, 2009 | 10:28 AM

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also, just avoid the words in green text. don't hit them with your mouse, and you won't get the bing popup.

but i like dawgs suggestion best. hit the highlighted word with your mouse, click on the question mark, it will open a web page, then just click on the 'disable' tab. one caveat, if you have your system set to delete cookies whenever you shut down, then you'll have to do it again because it does set a cookie to remember your preference.

Aug 2, 2009 | 10:33 AM

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bigcletus

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Firefox, Firefox, Firefox

Aug 2, 2009 | 11:43 AM

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Dionicio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gstep51

I guess this is MS's new search engine and it seems to highlight certain words or phrases in some posts. It automatically brings up search results as soon as your cursor passes over one of the highlighted words. It is truly annoying and I am not sure how it got turned on or if it just a default a now.

I don't like either, wish the forum Gods would take/turn it off. It's a PIA.