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Avatar Posted By: dannysullivan 52 days ago
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In just three weeks, I'll be asking Microsoft president Kevin Johnson, who oversees the Windows and Online Services division, questions relating to search as part of his keynote at our SMX Advanced show in Seattle, June 3-4. I want your help! What questions would you suggest?
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from theGypsy 52 days ago #
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I'd be curious about there interest in visual block segmentation and if they are implementing it or intend to implement it within ranking/scoring mechanisms. They have had a few papers and patents relating to it (including VIPs)... I am curious what direction they are going with it. Bill covered the most recent publication this week... more info there...

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from ciaran 52 days ago #
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Why are they so intent on ignoring all the brand equity they've built up from 2 decades of marketing (probably at a cost of billions) that they insist on calling it Live Search. WTF is Live? It's meaningless.

It's like the New York Times deciding to call their online version Tasty or something equally meaningless.

from alseo 52 days ago #
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Why does it take up to one month for my new websites to rank in Live search (which yes, is a bad name when you have such a well-branded name already)? Even though I submit it using their add url page? And then, once it does rank, why is Live search so dumb? I get ranked on page one for some keywords that I really don't deserve to get ranked for!!! I am not complaining, but it just shows how naive the engine is. Basically the question is, does Microsoft really think it can compete with anyone out there with such an inferior search engine? At least put the word "beta" under it so you don't look foolish. I mean, Gmail is still in beta and we're all okay with that.

from Mel66 51 days ago #
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1.  Now that the Yahoo deal is a no-go, what plans does MS have to improve adCenter and their paid search program?  The current interface is painful to use; traffic is quality, but very low; etc.  Are they going to step up their efforts to compete?  Or are they going to take another run at Yahoo or maybe another 3rd tier engine like Ask?

from SearchSavior 45 days ago #
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Why don't they just build a new search engine with the 43 billion to buy yahoo instead, kind of like a new release movie with a count down. Make it a bigger number than google, have a ten year old think of it... 


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