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Windows Live Search goes Live

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-giants-collide dept.

novus ordo writes "Microsoft has launched the Windows Live Search. Among the reports, Microsoft Search Senior Product Manager, Justin Osmer says that "The beta, and a revision expected in a few months, will challenge market leader Google."" I like the more dynamic image searching tool. It seems really slow- I'm not sure if that's the dynamicness (is that a word?) or just standard launch lag.

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  1. Already Slashdotted by Buzz_Litebeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that was an interesting product demo, I got the "server busy" message. At least it wasnt blue.

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  2. Did they #%^ing kill google? by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 5, Funny

    I searched for "google" and got a long wait, then an error popup

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  3. Wow that is SLOW! by DebianDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    We /.ed a search engine? or is it this slow by design?

  4. Hmm by MrShaggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    MAybe its becuase we are using non-ms browsers?? can you imagine their logs.. stating that the firat 80% was firefox or others?

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  5. Already /.ed - Mirror here by PinkyDead · · Score: 5, Funny

    www.google.com

    I know that's just pure nasty - I just couldn't help it.

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  6. Boobies by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Live.com:
    Loading results for query boobies
    images 1-15 of 3957
    6/15 are of the bird

    Google.com (SafeSearch Off):
    Results 1 - 20 of about 51,700 for boobies (0.07 seconds)
    4/20 are of the bird

    I think the results speak for themselves.

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  7. Site Slashdotted by Iamthefallen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try using Googles cache

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  8. Re:Server is too busy by farlcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just get a "Loading..." message that keeps spinning. I'm pretty sure its just pre-caching the internet for faster searching.

  9. Even their *own* browser has trouble with it... by BeBold · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone else notice this in the source??

            document.write(""); /* normalizes ie and ff, else ie sees an additional top margin */

    Seems they have the same problems the rest of us have in building sites that actually work in IE...

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  10. vocabulary by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure if that's the dynamicness (is that a word?)...

    Yes, don't worry, it's a perfectly cromulent word. Here's an example sentence: "The dynamicness of the Live search engine embiggens its search ability."

    (BTW, am I the only one who has added 'cromulent' to their spellcheck dictionary?)

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