The engineers at Microsoft are working on a new feature where users have the ability to share search results. They are calling this search sharing feature “Bing & Ping”. From the photos provided, it appears that the results can be shared via Facebook, Twitter, and email.

Nicholas Kerr from Bing’s search blog wrote:

We at the Bing team are firm believers in the idea that the only thing better than searching with Bing is sharing what you’ve found with your friends. That’s why we’ve been working on a potential new feature for Bing that does just that in a couple of clicks, which we call Bing & Ping.

Let’s break this down with an example: say you use Bing’s Instant Answers feature to check the score of the game, and you notice that your buddy’s favorite team has just been beaten pretty handily. Say you want to “delicately” remind him of their less-than-stellar moves with the ball. Bing & Ping lets you share this NFL instant answer through various places, like Facebook, Twitter, or even email in as few as two clicks. Reminding someone that their team has no defense has never been easier (in spite of the screenshot below, we of course aren’t talking about our beloved Seahawks).

As a major step forward in introducing Bing to its users, Microsoft has upgraded its QuickAdd feature from Hotmail with a number of features from its Bing search engine, including Bing Maps, Videos, Restaurants, etc…..