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Microsoft’s deluded search
ADOTAS — I was amazed by a Microsoft memo that stated 40 percent of queries in search engines go unanswered. Search head Satya Nadella, in a memo about the (ahem) Google killer Kumo, also wrote that half of queries are about searchers returning to previous tasks and 46 percent of search [...] more...
Live Search Now Provides “Instant Answers”
ADOTAS – Microsoft’s Live Search has started providing “instant answers” to searchers queries, according to a post on the software titan’s blog. The answers will appear at the top of users’ search results, so the most relevant info will appear first, e.g.: • Encyclopedia Search for an encyclopedic fact, like “How tall [...] more...
Microsoft To Buy Ciao.com Price Comparison Firm
Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.Microsoft, whose $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo earlier this year failed after a protracted battle, said on Friday the acquisition should benefit [...] more...
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