Search engine bings up York (From York Press)
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York's Clifford’s Tower features on Bing search engine
9:03am Saturday 23rd February 2013 in News
The image of Clifford’s Tower greeting people using the Bing search engine today
MILLIONS of people across the UK will be shown an image of Clifford’s Tower in York today to mark an anniversary involving the infamous Dick Turpin.
Microsoft’s search engine, Bing UK, is featuring a picture of the monument, basking in sunshine, which will be made visible to 12.7 million people across the UK as they complete their daily search tasks.
The image was chosen to mark the anniversary of the unmasking of infamous highway robber Dick Turpin, aka Robert Palmer, which took place there on February 23, 1739.
A spokesman for the company said: “Bing is always on the lookout for inventive and interesting regional images to feature on the homepage, with the aim to encourage Britons to get out and do more – and see more of the country we live in.”
The homepage will also contain links which provide information about the ruined medieval keep, which is almost all that is left of York Castle, originally built by William the Conqueror, and will include a link to its location on Bing Maps, and a gallery of further images of the structure.
During its history, the tower has been a prison and a royal mint, and was also where Henry VIII had the bodies of his enemies put on public display.
Comments(7)
Garrowby Turnoff
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10:33am Sat 23 Feb 13
RingoStarr
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12:22pm Sat 23 Feb 13
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:Well, Yahoo for you!
Never use Bing. Google everything...
Paul Meoff
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2:15pm Sat 23 Feb 13
bob the builder
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3:33pm Sat 23 Feb 13
Paul Meoff wrote:... no, the green grass and daffodils were photoshopped in at great expense by an external contractor, employed by the council PR department following consultation!
Where are all the chavs running up the bank trampling the daffs in this picture? Must have been Photoshopped out.
MouseHouse
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1:09pm Sun 24 Feb 13
The bonus is of course the wonderful photos of places, people and animals each day.
You dullards can stay with Google...
Ronald Crumble
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6:00pm Sun 24 Feb 13
MouseHouse wrote:and the need for the pictures ?... once you press search... no image ...same old landscape pics ..no biggy...so google cleaner and the search is clearer therefore why more people use it
Bing knocks the spots off the likes of Google, it searches the same internet after all.
The bonus is of course the wonderful photos of places, people and animals each day.
You dullards can stay with Google...
TheotherChucklebrother says...
9:08am Sat 23 Feb 13