MSN Search Roundup

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday November 12, 2004 @03:59AM from the stuff-to-read dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Well after almost 24 hours of public release, The Seattle Post Intelligencer seems to have the best round up on the professional opinions on the new MSN search beta. Bottom line seems to be that nobody is going to be switching over to MSN Search from Google anytime soon. The story includes opinions by Walter Mossberg, John Battelle, The Wall Street Journal and others. "

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what is he smoking? by kalpol · 2004-11-12 04:02 · Score: 5, Funny

the product bears all the hallmarks of the feisty, upstart side of the company.
What is he talking about? Microsoft hasn't been a feisty upstart since about 1986.

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1. Re:what is he smoking? by ch-chuck · 2004-11-12 04:10 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You mean not all feisty upstarts have 40 billion in cash to invest in new products? I'm shocked, shocked.
  
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look and feel by slashpot · 2004-11-12 04:02 · Score: 5, Funny

What gets me is the blatant rip off of Google's UI. This coming from Microsoft - the trademark happy lawsuit company.
Gates Logic by mfh · 2004-11-12 04:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Bill Gates: We will reinvent the wheel. Let's make it rounder.

Everyone Else: Google is works, without any extra crap, and that's why we like it.

Bill Gates: Use our new rounder search engine! It is powered by Yahoo, until 2005! Plus we have added lots of special crap! (mostly because so many people asked for it!)

Everyone Else: Don't you ever learn? We said we didn't want anything but a simple, accurate search engine. We have that already. Do something else.

Bill Gates: But the first 50-100 results now show the websites that have *paid* to be listed! How can you beat that? If they are going to fork over this extra cash to be listed, they must have really quality websites, right?!

Everyone Else: Yeah, that makes total sense to us.

Bill Gates: Plus Google doesn't have neato browser interstitials! They are lacking in the creative marketing department! Seriously!!

Everyone Else: What excites you, does not excite us.

Bill Gates: Our search is easier to get to because a link comes with every copy of XP! You know how hard it is to put a link on the desktop or in the Start Menu? We should be given the Nobel Peace Prize, or something.

Everyone Else: I think we want a search engine that filters out any website or company affiliated with Microsoft.

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1. Re:Gates Logic by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-12 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Walter Mossberg: Very promising, not quite good enough to replace Google
  
  CNet: Good, won't be put in front-line use for a few months
  
  John Battelle: Potentially better than Google
  
  Search Engine Watch: Very promising, not quite good enough to replace Google
  
  WSJ: Pointless anecdote
  
  Slashdot: Exprets agreee! Mirco$oft sucks, noone wil use it!
How can Googel and MS(N) be wrong by anandpur · 2004-11-12 04:06 · Score: 2, Funny

http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=miserabl e+failure&FORM=QBHP
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=miserable+fai lure&spell=1
more evil than satan by fishmonkey · 2004-11-12 04:08 · Score: 5, Funny

search for

"more evil than satan"

on

http://beta.search.msn.com/

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1. Re:more evil than satan by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-12 04:31 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Try searching for 'more evil' (no quotes) to get the real picture ...
too complicated by uberjoe · 2004-11-12 04:11 · Score: 2, Funny

The real reason MSN will not be used is this:
The url for Google is google.com
The url for MSN Search is beta.search.msn.com
That's way too many letters to type for most people.

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paperclip by alatesystems · 2004-11-12 04:18 · Score: 5, Funny

It looks like you're searching for porn. Would you like help?
*blink* *blink*
Re:clean interface, too few pages indicized by Kierthos · 2004-11-12 04:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, and they have pathetically few porn sites indexed. How do they seriously expect to knock off Google without porn sites?

Kierthos

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Re:Google forever... by ryanmfw · 2004-11-12 04:20 · Score: 2, Funny

I can't wait till people say their OS is "Google." That would make my day, especially considering all of the things they are doing, and the things they could do to replace M$ software.

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Re:The best part is by BJH · 2004-11-12 04:22 · Score: 3, Funny

microsoft.com is #5 if you search for "more evil than Satan himself".

However, it doesn't show up if you search for "more evil than Satan and all his little devils".
Nor does it show up if you search for "more evil than all Satan's little devils".

If we assume that:
x = Satan
y = All of Satan's little devils
z = Microsoft

then we can deduce the following based on MS's search results:
x <= z is true.
y <= z is true.
x + y >= z is true.
x <= z + y is true.

Thus, if all of Satan's little devils decided to change sides and join up with the big Bill G., Satan wouldn't stand a chance in Hell.
Re:Well... by gosand · 2004-11-12 04:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Not until the next Service Packs make it the default search engine, anyway.

Come on, we all know that people don't patch their Windows machines...

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Re:Also on the BBC... by foistboinder · 2004-11-12 04:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe Google's the search King in terms of Volume, but the quality of the results is turning to shit real fast.
I think Google's simply reflecting the web turning to shit real fast...

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Clippy XP SP3 by Vandil+X · 2004-11-12 04:56 · Score: 2, Funny

*blink*
It looks like you're searching for porn.
Would you like help?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] No.
[ ] No, but turn on one-handed browsing.

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worst operating system query by xSherlock · 2004-11-12 05:24 · Score: 2, Funny

while not that good as google used to be, returning microsoft.com on the first place the new search returns a page form http://einsteinsbreakfast.com with this little quote as the page summary:

Windows is THE WORST OPERATING SYSTEM EVER

as the no.1 result :))) good job
Re:Near mee isn't so near.. by falsified · 2004-11-12 05:25 · Score: 2, Funny

In that case, order from Gumby's. They're cheap. (I live in Madison.)

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Re:Near mee isn't so near.. by bluekanoodle · 2004-11-12 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

The question then is, will they deliver?
Re:Also on the BBC... by outZider · 2004-11-12 05:42 · Score: 4, Funny

+500 Insightful.

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