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How Objective Is Microsoft's Search?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the which-pants-do-geese-wear dept.

bot writes "There have been a number of stories on Microsoft trying to do a 'Netscape' on Google.. what would a world in which Microsoft provides search look like? A search for 'linux' on msn.com give amazon and ebay as the top two results, and a microsoft site promoting migration from Linux to Windows as the fourth listing. A search on MSN India is even more amusing -- the top result is a dead link, and the second one is Linuxsucks.com."

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  1. Re:News like this... by Cytlid · · Score: 5, Funny
    makes me a firm believer in the fact that Microsoft is not objective in any way. Then again, neither is any company, but hey, it's Slashdot, where Microsoft bashing is almost a national pastime :)


    Not true! There are tons of people who hate Microsoft without even knowing what Slashdot is!
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  2. Deja Vu by connsmythe96 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or has this been posted before? Or does Microsoft just do so amny stupid things that it all just blends together?

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  3. Re:Actually, the top links are ads by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow... inaccuracies in an article on Slashdot that make MS look worse than it actually is?

    Sheesh, it's like the Twilight Zone! ;-)

  4. Priceless by Narphorium · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can only imagine the look on thier faces when they see how many times "Linux" has been queried on their search engine in a single day.

    1. Re:Priceless by BrynM · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thanks! That mental image just made my day!

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    2. Re:Priceless by wardomon · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...and in an effort to help skew the results even further, I reloaded the page 10 times

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  5. OTOH, look at the title ... by Roy+Ward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MSN Search: Linux -- More Useful Everyday

    so they got something right :)

  6. Quick! Hang him! by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Facts and reasoning in a Slashdot article? No need for us to get in a hissy-fit over nothing? How dare thee blaspheme our view of the world!

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  7. MSN Linux section by JayJayEm · · Score: 5, Funny

    A search on msn.com also brings up the rather amusing

    http://tech.msn.com/software/OS/Linux/

    section of the MSN website. Watch MS try and sell you boxed RedHat!

  8. Bueller? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet the people who wrote that Apache->IIS migration page are pretty excited to see people actually reading it all of a sudden.

  9. MS ODDITIES by segment · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was starting up an MS program today and came across the following error:

    SoBigF is not your default worm
    would you like to make this your
    default worm?

    click yes cancel

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  10. Mozilla by acscherp · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the other hand, Mozilla turns up as a "Top Pick" on the same msn search page

  11. This is Just Too Funny by fidget42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just for giggles, I did a search for "SCO" and you wouldn't believe what I found at the #1 "Featured Site":

    # Santa Cruz Operation Top Pick
    Long-time vendor of UNIX for PCs has made the transition to Linux. [emphasis mine] Learn about their consulting services and their software offerings.
    www.sco.com

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  12. Re:How objective is www.linuxsucks.com? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speaking of corporately-funded websites with agendas, who owns Slashdot again?

    Just injecting some perspective.

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