Bing executives show the new HTML5-enhanced version during Microsoft Advertising event while the decision engine is also testing a redesigned homepage with search verticals categories being moved to the top navigation bar

Top notch advertisers and people closed to Microsoft met at “Imagine 2011” event this week which was organized by Microsoft Advertising division.  The event was held in Bing’s parent headquarter in Redmond from March 29 (Tue) to March 31 (Thu).  Microsoft executives (incl. CEO Steve Ballmer) and engineers also presented their latest technology to woo more money from advertisers.

 
In the event, Bing’s President Qi Lu and Online Audience Business SVP Yusuf Mehdi, also presented the future directions of Bing.  Mr. Mehdi shows a new HTML5-enhanced version of the decision engine (click here to watch video).

In the meantime a blog post by Microsoft-News shows a new version of Bing’s homepage.    The redesigned homepage moved the search verticals categories to the top navigation bar.   The old version show the list of categories displayed over the beautiful homepage image.

NEW VERSION OF BING HOMEPAGE:

 

OLD VERSION:

 
(Screenshots top: Imagine 2011, middle: Microsoft-News, and bottom: Bing current homepage)