Microsoft revamps Windows Live search, eyes Google
Posted by Lt-DavidW on 27 September 2007 - 09:33 · 4 comments & 3568 views
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#1 Posted by obsolete_power on 27 Sep 2007 - 12:33
- That's what Microsoft does, they copy other BETTER ideas....look at Windows Vista. It is all copied from Apple and Linux. They have never been able to come up with an original GOOD idea on their own. They have always stolen from others or had bought ideas in the past. Microsoft is truly pathetic!
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#1.1 Posted by El Sid on 27 Sep 2007 - 13:01
- To that end, neither has Google. Their search engine(s) are just the same thing as what Yahoo has had for years, albeit with Different Algoritms. Their email client is a rip-off of... well every other email client out there. Their IM client is a [horrendous] rip-off of MSN, AIM, YIM, ICQ, etc, etc.
Big business is all about taking someones idea, dodging the copyrights, and coming up with something that trumps the opposition.
In all honesty, some competition with Google isn't such a bad thing anyway. I grow weary of seeing Wikipedia at the top of everything I enter into it, unfortunately there don't seem to have been any viable alternatives until recently!
Its new presentation is in line with an industry trend to step beyond traditional text links, with unified search results that offer Web sites, news, pictures and video on one page. Rivals Google Inc and Ask.com made similar changes this year, and Yahoo Inc is moving in that direction.
"Microsoft is realistic. It doesn't think it's going to wake up tomorrow and overtake Google," said Allen Weiner, an analyst at research firm Gartner. "Right now, Microsoft wants to establish itself more firmly with its existing users."
and these are the changes, taken from the Live Search Blog:
This week we’re excited to launch a major update to Live Search that’s relevant, faster and easier to use. Hundreds of us rolled up our sleeves and dug deep. We pored over your feedback, analyzed the data and talked to thousands of users. How major is this? It’s our biggest update since our debut in January 2005.
Here are just some of the areas we focused on:
- Relevance, relevance, relevance. We’ve quadrupled the size of our index, which means we can return the right results for your searches. Improvements like enhanced ranking algorithms, auto-spell correction and better stop word handling help us return the best results.
- Speed. Pages load much faster than before.
- Streamlined look and feel. We focused on the end-to-end experience from the homepage throughout the site. For example, search results are now easier to read thanks to work on typography, contrast, colors and spacing.
- More high-interest content. You asked us for more in Entertainment, Shopping, Health, Local and Video search and we’re happy to deliver it.
In the coming weeks we’ll blog in detail about the improvements that we’ve made. You can also check out the press release that just hit the wire and the fact sheet for more information.The end result is a service we believe is better across the board. Enjoy! We’re psyched hear what you think.**
-The Live Search team
**The release is rolling out worldwide as we speak. The links above should take you directly into the new experience if you’re not already seeing it on your own!