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Microsoft's new search engine - what do you think?

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Ed30

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Think I'll stick to Google.
 

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Very bad results. The worst thing is I think they use inktomi or yahoo database since the result is somewhat similar. It is bad for search engine who use other company's database. I'll stick to Google.
 

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No complaints from me as my flagship site webpages occupy 9 out of the top 15 free positions (including 3 of the first 4, and #1 too) for the most popular keywords!

P.S. Just found out they sure want a ton of money for paid listings, probably eliminates almost everyone here! Don't think they will be getting too many clients with such high pricing.

"MSN also offers keyword-targeting search results in the "Featured Sites" section of the search results page. These are link placements that are limited to three paid clients per keyword and are available to advertisers with a MINIMUM annual spend of $75,000."
 

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RealNames said:
"MSN also offers keyword-targeting search results in the "Featured Sites" section of the search results page. These are link placements that are limited to three paid clients per keyword and are available to advertisers with a MINIMUM annual spend of $75,000."

Sounds like they're going to price themselves out of the market.
 

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I say Google owns all in the search engine world..
 

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$75k/year for #1 position would be a steal for some keywords, if it were google.
 

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the results seem to be heavily based on URL name

I typed in "video game" and almost all the results had video game in the url.

LAME
 

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labrocca said:
the results seem to be heavily based on URL name. I typed in "video game" and almost all the results had video game in the url. LAME

Happy to see that as what with my keyword names they will all rank high if that is so. That's one reason I have them in that I always thought the search engines will eventually put more weight on the domain than most experts thought.
 
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