Comments on: Microsoft Launches Search Beta: Platform Ho!

By: muhabbet

muhabbet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:50:40 +0000

thanks very much good work

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:58:07 +0000

I wrote my critique of the new MSN Search Beta, entitled, MSN Search... Underwhelming at:

The New MSN Search Beta... Underwhelming.

By: Yumgo

Yumgo — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:08:03 +0000

I believe Yumgo has the best idea when it comes to search.

No matter which of the major engine wins the search engine war.

By: Matt McGee

Matt McGee — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:57:28 +0000

11 minutes between search and answer??!! Have they never used Google? (Or Yahoo, for that matter?) I search all day and can't recall the last time it took more than 2-3 minutes to find what I was after.

(Maybe the researchers were using an old 2400 baud modem....)

By: Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:45:38 +0000

Surprisingly, MSN Search provided some decent results on the few sample searches I have run so far. The advanced search options didn’t work, however.

By: John Battelle

John Battelle — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:18:01 +0000

Firefox users: Until we track this bug down, to see the site properly, hit Shift and click on your reload button. We’re trying to fix it!

By: vish

vish — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:11:55 +0000

your site seems to be breaking in firefox in both windows and osx – seems to be rendering fine in IE and safari….

By: kate

kate — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:14:16 +0000

MSN Beta Search has been down for about an hour. I still haven’t gotten to see it. C’mon guys, release for at least a day before you take it down. I hate getting all excited and then be let down.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:52:48 +0000

John, can you pass along some of the research you referred to regarding time between query and answer?

By: jr

jr — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 07:40:10 +0000

Well, the MSN search blog's comments aren't REALLY open. They're currently being moderated. When I noted that their CSS is a bit hoofed on Firefox, I got:

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It's interesting comparing the results for queries between MSN, Inktomi, and Google. It looks like they use pretty much the same ranking metrics, with a few minor variations. I wonder how long before the SEO folks crack them.