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Microsoft to roll-out Live Search Cashback to UK, then EMEA
http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/06/19/microsoft-to-roll-out-live-search-cashback-to-uk-then-emea.aspx
[Parody] Microsoft Pays Couple to Name Child After Their Search Engine
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| "Live.com is here to stay," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "People just
| don't know it yet, but we will be aggressively marketing it until we crush
| out all competition as we always do. We at Microsoft felt this was a mutually
| beneficial arrangement, as little Live.com is provided a life of financial
| security and we at Microsoft are provided a lifetime of advertising."
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http://www.smthop.com/articles1details.asp?NewsNum=1081
Recent:
Microsoft's new tack: Bribery as a business model
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| But truth be told, it's not the worst idea. What's the harm in giving it a
| shot? In a recession--or whatever you want to call the current economic
| malaise in the United States--consumers are open to bribes (oh, I forgot:
| rebates). So why not see if this strikes the people's fancy? But this is only
| a holding action. The reason more people use Google's search is the user
| experience. It works better, so they keep returning. Microsoft CEO Steve
| Ballmer knows this.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949286-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Is Microsoft tinkering with Live Search results?
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| Is Microsoft filtering out from its Live Search results those it
| considers “undesirable” for the company?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1127
Microsoft bias in MSN search results, surprise
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| I was looking to see what search sites might have a particular bug that I
| (ahem) came across and was trying the search for the number 0 in various
| places. There is a pretty good Wikipedia page about zero. Zero has a rich and
| interesting history and there are many other potentially reasonable results.
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http://www.skrenta.com/2008/04/microsoft_bias_in_msn_search_r.html
Microsoft Live Search Says Admits They Were Too Tough on Sites: Making
Algorithm Less "Strict"
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| So as you can see, Microsoft admits their Live Search September 2007 update
| caused many sites to get deindexed from Live Search.
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http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/016272.html
How Microsoft Clubs to Search Gains
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| We checked with Hitwise, and they explained that June gains include “searches
| automatically generated from a promotion on club.live.com,” up to June 9,
| 2007. After that they stopped counting the data.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/07/27/how-microsoft-clubs-to-search-gains/
Microsoft’s Club Live fiasco
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| People were using the macro on more than 3 games at a time, on more than 2
| accounts at a time, why Microsoft didn’t pick up on the fact that in the
| first few days some people had accumulated enough for 3 Zunes each is beyond
| us. Some were lucky, others, not so much.
|
| [...]
|
| So far no one has been banned from using their accounts, which they needed to
| sign up, probably because they did not break any laws, or probably because
| Microsoft didn’t want that hassle and liked their new found traffic.
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http://www.blogthe.net/2007/07/16/microsofts-club-live-fiasco/
Bots Helped To Boost Microsoft Live Search Gains
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| In a blog post, Compete analyst Steve Willis attributed Microsoft's
| search gains to prizes awarded to users participating in Live Search
| Club, which features games that post queries to Microsoft's search
| engine.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft is essentially being DDoSed by thousands of people hundreds
| of times per minute, but they are mistaking this rise in traffic for
| people actually using Live Search."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001092
Another Microsoft manager jumps from the Live Search ship
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| Mike Nichols, Group Program Manager for Live Search, has resigned and is
| moving to work for Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of Strategic
| Partnerships.
|
| [...]
|
| What to make of all the recent resignations and reshufflings among the
| various Microsoft business units? Well, it is reorg season in Redmond. But on
| the Live Search side of the house, it’s got to be tough to keep banging your
| head against the wall and making little or no headway in growing your market
| share….
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1115
Danny Thorpe quits the Windows Live development team
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| Danny Thorpe, one of the higher-profile hires Microsoft made to its Windows
| Live team, has decided to leave for greener pastures.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=806
Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits
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| In March, Blake Irving, the Corporate VP in charge of the Windows
| Live platform, announced his plans to leave Microsoft, effective
| this summer. Payne announced his resignation from Microsoft shortly
| after Irving made his announcement.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=407
at least no chairs were thrown…
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| A friend of mine was walked out of Microsoft today.
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| I’m not talking about Stuart Scott, the now former Microsoft CIO who was
| canned for “violating company policies.” No, another friend decided to leave
| the MSN Live Search team and join Google Kirkland.
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http://selberg.org/2007/11/06/at-least-no-chairs-were-thrown/
Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineering
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| That same month, Windows Live Platform VP Blake Irving resigned, as did Chris
| Payne. the Corporate Vice President in charge of Windows Live Search.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=927
Former Microsoft Search Chief Bill Bliss On Early Search Missteps
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| Bill's biggest regret? Not bypassing middle management that wasn't
| listening to him scream about the coming threat of Google and going
| right up to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
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http://searchengineland.com/070309-094930.php
Microsoft Search Leader To Leave Company
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| The Microsoft Corp. vice president who led the company's push into
| Internet search is leaving the software giant as the effort he
| helped launch loses ground against lead competitor Google Inc.
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http://online.wsj.com/preview_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117329976478329930.html%3Fmod%3Dyahoo_hs%26ru%3Dyahoo
http://tinyurl.com/2jran7
Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign
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| Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows
| Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources
| close to the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=296
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