On Wednesday September 26, Microsoft announced a number of large and small changes to their search engine LiveSearch. Rumors are this is the most extensive overhaul since the engine’s launch in January 2005. Even if it’s not though, it’s a huge step for Microsoft who is currently the number three placeholder in the search [...]
Entries from September 2007
LiveSearch Overhaul
September 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Info Search
Yahoo! Mash
September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
With the social network balloon rapidly blowing up, it was only a matter of time before search engine giant Yahoo! launched their version. Yahoo! reportedly made a bid of $1 billion for Facebook last year, and similar reports were made of them trying to purchase Bebo. Rumors of their new social site have been circulating [...]
Tags: Social Search
Eons
September 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Think social networking is just for kids? That’s probably because most of the more popular platforms like MySpace and Facebook are generally geared for a younger crowd. Fortunately, there are now social networks specifically designed for the baby boomer generation. Unfortunately, the creators of the sites are generally not old enough to be in the [...]
Tags: Social Search