Comments on: MSN Desktop Search Part 2

By: Elaine M. Lockerby

Elaine M. Lockerby — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:34:00 +0000

I went old Google search page back with pictures.

By: MADDIEY

MADDIEY — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:08:00 +0000

I DONT LIKE IT

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:55:00 +0000

Check out my friend Mike’s blog site on MSN Spaces. That’s a pretty innovative development coming from MSN – have you seen the integration into Mesesnger? You can right click on a buddy to see their contact card, and see abbreviated content on their space. Their buddy icon "gleams" with a star when someone has updated their space with new content, photos, etc…

By: James Avery

James Avery — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:57:00 +0000

I am sure you have been working on search related technology for a long time, and I am sorry if I have insulted you guys.

I just get tired of seeing MSN simply trying to emulate everything that Google does. The beta MSN search screen even looks like Google's simple design. And I seriously doubt Hotmail decided to upgrade everyone to 250MB way before gmail was announced.

I just want to see MSN doing new things instead of just trying to do what Google already does.

-James

By: Tom Laird-McConnell

Tom Laird-McConnell — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:39:00 +0000

Also, if you listen to the video you here us talking about how our team has been working on search related technology for the last couple of YEARS. (I have the patents to prove it too.) I full expect Google to respond to features we come up with, and for us to respond to features they come up with. That’s what a competetive environment is about. Sheesh.

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:30:00 +0000

James: um, Google shipped their desktop search about a week after we showed desktop search to a group of bloggers. So, there was no way we copied them. The MSN team had no access to Google’s product before they showed it to the bloggers.

By: James Avery

James Avery — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:14:00 +0000

I am not saying they took it apart and copied code or anything, I am saying they copied the idea. They are playing catch-up, copy cat, etc. In the Channel 9 video they even admit that they did not start work on desktop search until summer, probably around when we started to hear that Google might be doing a desktop search.

By: Sriram

Sriram — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:43:00 +0000

Google Desktop search was released just over 2 months ago- you really think the MSN team took it apart and copied it right away?

As far as I'm concerned, the biggest strength of MSN is the desktop integration. You can right-click and get the same Explorer context menu which is awesome. And btw,about multiple browsers, MSN uses IE similar to how Explorer uses IE.

By: James Avery

James Avery — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:38:00 +0000

I think the idea of combining desktop search results and search engine search results is new. Who did it before Google? Google was also the first search enginge to do a desktop search.

I understand competition and I think it is important that MSN does compete with Google, but why not come up with something new and innovative thast put Google on the defense?

-James

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:28:00 +0000

If you seriously think that Microsoft is just copying Google then you are missing whole concept of competition and market timing.

None of these ideas are new and the game is now to announce early and produce beta products (bad or good) faster than the other guy. That is clearly happening in Google's favor at this point but at some point that may change.