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The study examined the utilization of Ask.com and Bing for development of community relations by nurses in Uyo Metropolis. The research design adopted in the study was a survey design. The population consisted of all the nurses in Uyo Metropolis, while simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 220 respondents. The instrument used for the study was a research questionnaire. The obtained data was coded statistically before the statistical analysis of the data and the instrument passed through face and content validation by experts in test and measurement. The data collected were analyzed using percentage analyses and bar charts to answer the research questions. The findings of the study revealed that there is remarkable use of Ask.com and Bing as search tools by nurses to enhance development of community relations. They also proved that there is no significant difference in people’s perception of the extent of utilization of each of the search tool to enhance development of community relations by nurses. One of the recommendations was that Nurses should be able to guide their patients to access credible online health-related information.