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Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the build-vs.-buy-it dept.

ZuperDee writes "It looks like Microsoft is now looking for another search engine to buy. They are looking at Ask Jeeves and Looksmart, but they recently dumped Looksmart, after deciding that its results don't stack up well. So would anyone be surprised if they bought Ask Jeeves? It can't hurt that according to Netcraft, they already run Microsoft IIS."

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  1. Ahhh... by FunkDaddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Innovation" through assimilation.

  2. Tip to MS by jazman_777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try this.

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  3. Jeeves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Should Microsoft buy Ask Jeeves?
    [answer]
    Why not? No one else uses us.
    1. Re:Jeeves by altstadt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is it just me or does anybody else think that Jeeves is just a repackaged Eliza?

      I have never had a useful search result from Jeeves. The results it gives are always part of some party game: guess how this result relates to your question.

  4. Microsoft to purchase by supun · · Score: 2, Funny

    find / -name \* -exec grep -i -n $QUERY {} /dev/null \;

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  5. It seems that maybe... by PissingInTheWind · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it's possible that Microsoft will somewhat partially involves itself in a potential business
    relation that would certainly prove to be something undeterminate with uncertain effect on
    search engines and potentially the internet.

    I'm not sure, though.

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  6. Re:Ask Clippy by JamesD_UK · · Score: 5, Funny

    You appear to neeed a spellchecker. Would you like to

    - Repeatedly hit head against wall
    - Remember to preview before posting
    - Log Off /.

  7. Damn. by superdan2k · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew I should have registered askclippy.com -- I coulda made a mint!

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  8. Re:Ask Clippy by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You appear to neeed a spellchecker. Would you like to"

    You also appear to need a spellchecker. Would you like to

    - Repeatedly hit head against wall
    - Remember to preview before posting
    - Log Off /.

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  9. Re:But does anyone use them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't know anyone who uses anything but Google anymore.

    I was using Verisign's Sitefinder for a little bit there but all you guys bitched up a storm and they shut it down. Boo hoo. :-)

  10. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

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  11. Re:But does anyone use them? by wud · · Score: 2, Funny

    its beleaguered

    If you're gonna be pretentious, spell correctly.

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