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Memo Outlines Microsoft's Plans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-it's-on-the-interweb dept.

conq wrote to mention a BusinessWeek article that covers some of Microsoft's upcoming web plans. From the article: "Live.com, Microsoft's customizable search-oriented portal, has more than 3 million users and the second-highest Net Promoter score -- a metric showing how many users would recommend the site to others -- of all MSN.com properties, writes Cole. That's good news, since the Live.com portal is the entry point for the first release of its Windows Live Search, the site through which Microsoft hopes to make the big bucks through paid search. Microsoft on Mar. 8 unveiled a slew of features aimed at letting users personalize the way they search the Web."

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  1. Live.com by PakProtector · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder how much MS shelled out for that domain name?

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    1. Re:Live.com by camcorder · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I doubt that it's too much. They prabably registered "live" brand name, and put a dispute on WIPO to get the domain if it wasn't a live web site or not owned by any other company which has live name registered to them. At those disputes jury easily decide on your side as they get paid by you. That would cost you at most $3-4k for 3-4 inspectors or something, though that amount is apart from lawyer fees. I would not expect MS to pay a cybersquatter tons of money as they are already paying for lawyers tons of money.

  2. Huh??? by dskoll · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Live.com doesn't even work for me. I'm trying Firefox 1.5 on Debian, and when I enter a search term, all I get is "Loading..." and nothing else.

    Has anyone actually made it work under Firefox on Linux?

  3. Slashdot Survey by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Has anyone, including the most non-techie friends of yours said to you to check out live.com?


    Have you read a blog, beyond Microsoft fanboys saying how great live.com?


    I get recommended all sorts of sites by word-of-mouth from friends, and no-one has even mentioned live.com.