Microsoft hurt by poor Live branding, analysts say
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| Windows Live Search saw its searches drop nearly 10 percent from a
| year ago, while Google's rose more than 22 percent, according to
| figures released this week from Nielsen/NetRatings. Google has 50.8
| percent market share, followed by Yahoo at 23.6 percent and
| Microsoft with only 8.4 percent.
|
| While it's too early to write the obituary for Windows Live,
| things aren't looking good in its first year, analysts said.
|
| "There are concerns that there has been some slippage or
| (Microsoft) has moved backwards"
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6153879.html
No more chokehold. The Web opens computing to all platforms. Now we just need
to put an end to Microsoft's illegal OEM threats and get Linux preinstalled
by the major distributors.
Microsoft will try to corrupt and close the Web using Vista, but it's already
facing the court for breaking European law. Software giants are likely to
have it shamed, as well as strip off various anti-competitive elements of
Windows Vista.
Related:
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
|
| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Microsoft 'not happy' with search results
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| Microsoft is continuing to lose market share in the search business
| to industry rival Google, something the software maker's financial
| chief said Thursday he is "not happy" about.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6153584.html
Will Berkowitz keep Windows Live?
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| At the risk of moving this article over to the opinion blog, many
| of the problems Berkowitz faces were caused not by too much focus
| on technical wizardry, but by a lack of clear direction, both for
| MSN and for Windows Live.
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http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2006/12/10/ny-times-will-berkowitz-keep-windows-live.aspx
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
MSN Still Going Nowhere Fast
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| It is worth noting that Microsoft still hasn't made any headway
| in the search-and-portal game and, in fact, is falling farther andf
| arther behind. As a result, it is not surprising that Steve Ballmer
| is now warning media companies that Google is the Evil Empire --
| because no other competitive tactic has worked.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061116/20767_id.html?.v=1
Google, Yahoo gain share in U.S. Web search market
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| Web audience measurement firm comScore Networks said No. 3-ranked
| Microsoft's share slid 0.5 percent to 10.5 percent of U.S. Web
| searches while InterActiveCorp's Ask.com's share dipped 0.1
| percent to 5.4 percent.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6150230.html
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Erik Funkenbusch
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Lintard
Terry
Ana Thema
Take everything posted by the individuals above with a barrel of salt.
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