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Inspecting MSN Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the understanding-the-heart-of-the-beast dept.

ins0maniac writes "I compared Yahoo, Google and MSN's image search. I noticed that, MSN's search had images from only a few sites. I searched for keywords britney spears and randomly checked few pages upto page number 20 and found that the 400 images were only from 3 domains :| 5in9.com, celebritypicturesarchive.com and nabou.com. This is totally weird as it doesn't seem like a search engine, but a collection of few online galleries." There's a number of other interesting notes in the entry about the new search engine. Also, Britney.

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  1. This doesn't help me by JaffaKREE · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already have all 400 of those.

  2. I searched for keywords britney spears and ... by DaneelGiskard · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... that's why I love science. You can find the best reasons to do the weirdest things ... ;-)

    1. Re:I searched for keywords britney spears and ... by cyklo · · Score: 4, Funny

      A reference to the Britney Spears Guide To Semiconductor Physics?

      It makes for an entertaining bibliography to a research project.

  3. Doesn't work very well yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I searched for "britney spears nude goat dildo sparcstation" and didn't find a single thing.

  4. Thumbnails Don't Match by TexTex · · Score: 5, Funny

    For research, I checked out some of those pictures returned by the Britney search.

    Many of the thumbnails displayed aren't the same picture that's retrieved when you click on the link. So, their cache must be outdated already. When I'm browsing thumbnails, I expect...no I demand...my search engine to return the appropriate photos!

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  5. Re:Maybe I am being dense but.... by Reckless+Visionary · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Also, Britney" is an indirect reference to the amusement one feels due to the relevance of Britney Spears in this story. It also serves as a masculine form of code-speech in the form of silence, the silent element which follows "Also, Britney" best interpreted as "You know what I mean? She's hot, right?"

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    I think I'll stop here.
  6. Other options? by gosand · · Score: 4, Funny
    nothing like having an "excuse" to search for britney spears images, eh? :P

    Would you rather the author did an image search on RMS?

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  7. Msn doesn't find Gates' homepage - Google does by traffi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Searching for 'bill gates' in MSN returns the page Bill Gates As Mabus. Apparently this project is dedicated to finding the human manifestation of the anti-Christ.

    None of the first 10 results (searching from the uk) return his homepage.

    Searching with Google turns up Bill Gates' Web Site - Home Page.

    Which means: Stick to Google.

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  8. Re:Forget about Britney! by AxB_teeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    > what about "natalie portman naked petrified hot grits"?

    It's really odd you mention that. That's exactly how I got *here*.

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