Channel 9 - Entries tagged with FedEx Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with FedEx http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/fedex Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/fedex en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:21:28 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:21:28 GMT Rev9 2 1 25 Track FedEx in Bing Well, would you look at that? Bing has a FedEx package tracker right on the search results page (and so does UPS and DHL!) I don’t know why exactly I searched for “FedEx” instead of just hitting Ctrl + Enter to append the “www” and the “.com,” but I find myself searching instead of entering in URLs these days. Even though it’s an extra click, it’s faster somehow. And since Bing is my default search engine now, the link returned was a one-box result for FedEx. It was also an excellent example of what they mean when they say Bing is a “decision engine.”

Instead of cluttering up the results with every webpage that mentions FedEx, there’s just the one result (to see other web results you can click a link below this). Within the search result itself are deep links to main pages of the FedEx website (rates, contact us, careers, etc.). There’s also the FedEx customer service number – often the very thing you were searching for in the first place.

But in this case, it was package tracking I was after, so imagine my surprise to find the package tracker right there on Bing.com. (Hey, Google doesn’t do that!) That was certainly convenient. I wonder what other little tricks like this Bing has hiding up its sleeve?

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Bing Well, would you look at that? Bing has a FedEx package tracker right on the search results page (and so does UPS and DHL!) I don’t know why exactly I searched for “FedEx” instead of just hitting Ctrl + Enter to append the “www” and the “.com,” but I find myself searching instead of entering in URLs these days. Even though it’s an extra click, it’s faster somehow. And since Bing is my default search engine now, the link returned was a one-box result for FedEx. It was also an excellent example of what they mean when they say Bing is a “decision engine.” Instead of cluttering up the results with every webpage that mentions FedEx, there’s just the one result (to see other web results you can click a link below this). Within the search result itself are deep links to main pages of the FedEx website (rates, contact us, careers, etc.). There’s also the FedEx customer service number – often the very thing you were searching for in the first place. But in this case, it was package tracking I was after, so imagine my surprise to find the package tracker right there on Bing.com. (Hey, Google doesn’t do that!) That was certainly convenient. I wonder what other little tricks like this Bing has hiding up its sleeve? http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Bing Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:28:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Bing Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Bing/RSS Search FedEx Track FedEx in Outlook FedEx QuickShip, which allows you to easily create and track U.S. shipments, get rates, schedule pickups, and find the nearest staffed FedEx location – all without leaving Outlook! The app installs a FedEx QuickShip toolbar along the top of your Office Outlook window. The toolbar has eight buttons: FedEx, Ship, Track, Rate, Pickup, Find Locations, View History and Edit Settings. QuickShip also lets you right-click on a contact and select "ship" on the menu that appears. Other features include logging, tracking, and email notifications. You can get more details on the Beyond IT blog. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Outlook FedEx has released an application's called FedEx QuickShip, which allows you to easily create and track U.S. shipments, get rates, schedule pickups, and find the nearest staffed FedEx location – all without leaving Outlook! The app installs a FedEx QuickShip toolbar along the top of your Office Outlook window. The toolbar has eight buttons: FedEx, Ship, Track, Rate, Pickup, Find Locations, View History and Edit Settings. QuickShip also lets you right-click on a contact and select "ship" on the menu that appears. Other features include logging, tracking, and email notifications. You can get more details on the Beyond IT blog. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Outlook Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:57:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Outlook Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Track-FedEx-in-Outlook/RSS Outlook Productivity FedEx