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Live Search…coming to a toolbar near you
Date : 2008 06 02
Live Search's WebLogWith today’s HP announcement and the recent MSN toolbar release, I want to discuss our recent moves in the toolbar space. Overall, these distribution deals come down to three things: 1. Live Search is ready for primetime These types of deals require a search engine that can stand on its own, as we all know read more »
Wikipedia gets big
Date : 2008 05 30 Live Search's WebLogCheck it out: We realize that often you just need to get a sense of what your query is about. Wikipedia is great for that — you can learn enough from the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article to start you out on the right path. For Wikipedia results, we now show a good portion of the first paragraph read more »
Book search winding down
Date : 2008 05 23 Live Search's WebLogToday we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes. This also means that we are wi read more »
You talk. We listen.
Date : 2008 05 15 Live Search's WebLogIn our last release of Live Search for Windows Mobile we snuck in a little feature that allows users to send feedback directly to the engineering team. Since then, we've received tons of messages from users, many of which have been requests for new functionality. So what's the moral of the story? Ask, and you read more »
More than a pretty face
Date : 2008 05 06 Live Search's WebLogAlong with the release of our new search experience, we'd like to give some background into the design team and process that went into all the changes you see. You might not immediately think of design as being a critical part of a search product, but we think it is, and we have a growing team of designers, r read more »
Answering your questions on QnA
Date : 2008 05 01 Live Search's WebLogWe've introduced our "Renaissance" release of Live Search QnA Beta. Our re-birth signifies the beginning of a new set of features that we'll continue to grow. We had three goals for this release: Focus on the QnA experience for new users. Encourage users to discover content and functionality in new ways. Hi read more »
xRank™ Musician — better than top 40 night at the disco
Date : 2008 05 01 Live Search's WebLogJust when you thought we'd stop at Celebrities, we now bring you (drum roll, please) Musicians! xRankTM provides much more than just a way to track search trends — it's much more than that — it's a social commentary. With xRankTM Musicians we bring you the "mob's view" on what's shaking up the m read more »
New Product Search gives you more options
Date : 2008 04 30 Live Search's WebLogWith the recent update of the Product Search experience (http://search.live.com/products/), users can both research and find deals on products within Live Search. We've incorporated feedback from our users during the beta cycle and revamped the user experience, so now users can search and refine products by u read more »
Shop and search on the go
Date : 2008 04 28 Live Search's WebLogWe've just released the latest updates to our browser-based mobile search at m.live.com. One of our major efforts was to bring the power of product search to the convenience of a mobile phone. Think about how much time people spend shopping in brick-and-mortar stores — without the ability to do the pro read more »
News Search – now with RSS
Date : 2008 04 24 Live Search's WebLogYou wanted it, and now you have it. We've incorporated RSS feeds into the browse and search results experience. Subscribe and stay up to date with stories from all categories or for specific searches that you perform. We appreciate all the feedback that you've given us. We take it all seriously and do our bes read more »
xRank™ Celebrity — check out who’s hot and who’s not!
Date : 2008 04 24 Live Search's WebLogThose of you who search for stuff related to celebrities in your spare time raise your hands. C'mon now, don't be sheepish about it — we know the numbers, and we know you do it because we do it, too. Here's a thought. What if we could rank who you and all other Live Searchers like to search for? And th read more »
Going deep: diving into the site you want
Date : 2008 04 22 Live Search's WebLogWhen we were thinking about what searches we could improve on for this release, one thing we realized was that we actually were already getting a lot of searches right. A bunch of these were searches about a particular website you wanted. We returned the website, and you went there. Good times. But you didn't read more »
Want to know how Live Search is evolving?
Date : 2008 04 17 Live Search's WebLogIn upcoming weeks some of us on the Live Search team will write about the changes we've made for this release across the Live Search family — from Web search through News, Video, and Products. As you put Live Search through its paces, let us know how it works for you. We'll do our best to read all your read more »
We’ve revamped News Search!
Date : 2008 04 17 Live Search's WebLogWith the launch of the new browse experience for News (http://news.live.com), we now bring you the most relevant stories of the day bucketed in categories, such as top stories, local news, and business. At the same time, the news team has revamped the news results page to incorporate many new features to impr read more »
New Release of Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth 3D
Date : 2008 04 11 Live Search's WebLogOur Maps team released new versions of Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth 3D yesterday. Here are some of the highlights: Directions and Traffic enhancements, including 1-Click directions (Party Maps!) Improved 3D cities (Las Vegas is shown below) Labels in Birds Eye imagery Exporting collections t read more »
Snow reports for skiers and boarders
Date : 2008 02 06 Live Search's WebLogWith the winter in full swing, we're excited to announce snow reports for skiers and snowboarders! Search for any ski resort in the United States or Canada to get conditions before you head to the mountain. Links to the resort's site and a link to a map are also shown. Below is the report for Whi read more »
Tafiti Search Visualization (Silverlight + Live Search API) Source Code available
Date : 2007 12 18 Live Search's WebLogThe source code for www.tafiti.com is available! What is Tafiti? It is a search visualization website which brings a new user experience to researching (searching and storing results). It was originally created by Microsoft to demonstrate Silverlight and the Windows Live Search APIs. Today the Windows Live P read more »