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Windows Live Search to Replace MSN

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

May 5, 2006, 11:00 AM

Windows Live Search will be brought out of beta this summer, Microsoft has said. The change would put the site as the company's flagship search engine, replacing MSN Search, marking the official beginning of a transition to the Windows Live branding. That effort is expected to continue throughout the rest of this year.

Additionally, Microsoft on Friday launched yet another Live service, Windows Live Product Search. The offering is intended to help users search for products for sale online. According to the Web site, the service indexes items from over 100,000 sellers. Users would be able to refine searches by related terms, brands or sellers, as well as change the level of detail of the results.

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By Sha742

edited Jun 11, 2006 - 7:57 PM

I would love to offer an opinion but being a "newbie" to the website and the meaning therefore, I'm holding my opinion, but looking forward to reading others.
Thanks!
shacnfashion@yahoo.com

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By samdeskin

posted Jun 6, 2006 - 2:15 AM

The only thing redeeming about Microsoft's live service is the image search system and the only thing redeeming about that is the never ending scrollbar.

samfind.com
http://samfind.com

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By tat3088

posted May 10, 2006 - 6:06 PM

I understand Russian only. please answer in Russian language!

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By tat3088

edited May 10, 2006 - 4:27 PM

And budet-ly to be used in the Windows Live search in Russian language?

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By swiftmed

edited May 9, 2006 - 8:01 AM

I Must say i tried windows live search beta a month or so ago, and personally didnt like it. It will be interesting to see how it competes with google when its officially released.

Andy
http://www.swiftmediauk.co.uk

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By meekrob

edited May 8, 2006 - 7:47 PM

See my side by side comparison of Google vs Live Search here: http://shermanboyd.com/2...o-microsoft-live-search/

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By shailensukul

posted May 7, 2006 - 10:21 PM

I tried MSN search and had to go back to google because of the pathetic search results.
I am now trying Live search along with the usual Google and must say, it looks promising.

MS finally looks like it is getting back on track and those billions are starting to show results...

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By lapytsh

posted May 6, 2006 - 5:32 AM

Windows Live Mail M6 will be available soon with the signature !

Antoine
Microsoft MVS

http://www.lapytsh.com

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By dwaterman

posted May 5, 2006 - 12:21 PM

I have tried this and it seems to be a step up from their old search engine. You can personlize the search page much like you can with Google. Looks like they are copying Google's products and then bundling the new search into IE7 which should take a bite out of Google's wallet. Maybe Google's complaint isn't bs after all...