News story wrote:
In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better.
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Windows Live Search will power queries on live.com, Microsoft's Windows Live Web site, beginning Wednesday. Once the technology has been fully tested, Windows Live Search will replace the existing search engine that powers MSN.com. MSN spokesman Adam Sohn said the company has not determined how long it will run Windows Live Search as a test.
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Windows Live Search will power queries on live.com, Microsoft's Windows Live Web site, beginning Wednesday. Once the technology has been fully tested, Windows Live Search will replace the existing search engine that powers MSN.com. MSN spokesman Adam Sohn said the company has not determined how long it will run Windows Live Search as a test.
Hated it. Hated the interface, hated the Java or Flash or whatever the hell it used, hated the embedded window for results, hated the fact that hitting "Search" from the main screen gave me an "Error on Page", hated the general clutter, hated it. I can't imagine why anyone would think this is a more effective way of searching than Google.
I ran a couple searches and didn't see anything more spectacular about the search results than I'd exect from any other engine.