{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Since then, Bing has added \u201cCopilot\u201d LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot\u2019s \u201csummary\u201d can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display \u201cbelow the fold\u201d as it were.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Solution: add \" -ai\" to your query.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>E.g. assuming you\u2019ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox<\/a>)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Type this into your Firefox address bar:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>b 2026 sep -ai<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>or directly go to <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bing.com\/\">https:\/\/bing.com\/<\/a> and enter: 2026 sep -ai<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I\u2019m writing this) selected in the displayed month.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=2026+sep+-ai\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* Day 252 \u2014 day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* Week 37 \u2014 Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* 31 days later \u2014 Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* &lt; [ Sep v ] &gt; \u2013 little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button\/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev\/next month<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* [ Start Day v ] \u2014 a new \u201cStart Day\u201d drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">search<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">webSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SearchShortcut<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Microsoft<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bing<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">MicrosoftBing<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BingSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BingTip<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">searchTip<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">calendar<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">month<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">CoPilot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoCoPilot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoAI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoGenAI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoLLM<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Firefox<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">DuckDuckGo<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Google<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">GoogleSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Yahoo<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">YahooSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Ecosia<\/span>.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","objectType":"note","content":"Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t3\/bing-use-case-calendar-month<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Since then, Bing has added \u201cCopilot\u201d LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot\u2019s \u201csummary\u201d can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display \u201cbelow the fold\u201d as it were.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Solution: add \" -ai\" to your query.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>E.g. assuming you\u2019ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (<a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox\">https:\/\/tantek.com\/2024\/287\/t2\/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox<\/a>)<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Type this into your Firefox address bar:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>b 2026 sep -ai<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>or directly go to <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bing.com\/\">https:\/\/bing.com\/<\/a> and enter: 2026 sep -ai<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I\u2019m writing this) selected in the displayed month.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><a class=\"auto-link figure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=2026+sep+-ai\"><\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* Day 252 \u2014 day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* Week 37 \u2014 Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* 31 days later \u2014 Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* &lt; [ Sep v ] &gt; \u2013 little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button\/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev\/next month<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>* [ Start Day v ] \u2014 a new \u201cStart Day\u201d drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">search<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">webSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">SearchShortcut<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Microsoft<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Bing<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">MicrosoftBing<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BingSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">BingTip<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">searchTip<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">calendar<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">month<\/span><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">CoPilot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoCoPilot<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoAI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoGenAI<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">NoLLM<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Firefox<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">DuckDuckGo<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Google<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">GoogleSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Yahoo<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">YahooSearch<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Ecosia<\/span>.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month","status_net":{"notice_id":116335},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bingsearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bingtip"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"calendar"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"duckduckgo"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ecosia"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"firefox"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"google"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"googlesearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoftbing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"month"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"noai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nocopilot"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nogenai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"nollm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"searchshortcut"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"searchtip"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"websearch"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yahoo"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"yahoosearch"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-10:objectType=thread:nonce=b9c9972e5fc19a0f","notice_info":{"local_id":"116335","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-09T20:05:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/221\/t1\/update-bing-view-calendar-month"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/conversation\/110398","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}