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Live Search Webmaster Center Out Of Beta + Big Update To Webmaster Tools

The Live Search Webmaster Center , which was launched in beta last year is no longer in beta ! And that’s not all! The Webmaster Tools got a big update as well. At the Webmaster Center you will be able to find out more information about how Live Search is crawling and indexing your site. When you sign...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Sunshine on 08-07-2008
Live Search joins the Olympics

With the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to begin in less than 24 hours, Live Search decides to join the game by providing the following Olympics-related features, all set to go live by Friday 08/08/08: The Live Search homepage , with the recent addition of rotating background images with hotspots, will feature...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by damaster on 08-07-2008
Kumo - A new name for Live Search?

Mary Jo Foley got a great tip last week concerning the possible Live Search rebrand we’ve talked about since this time last year. While the Codename Rome update still went ahead last September, the possible name change was put on hold. Fast forward one year and Microsoft has failed to acquire Yahoo,...

Posted to OurView: The Opinion Blog (Weblog) by Chris on 08-05-2008
Live Search: New Home Page Design Released

The new look for Live Search , which Kip saw before is going to be rolled out over the next 24 hours within the US, with more markets to follow in the future. This is what it looks like (I found a hotspot too). If you don’t see it like that: click the image. - The new design features background rotating...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Sunshine on 07-30-2008
Microsoft Extends Award-Winning Automotive Platform With Services: Live Search For Devices Available Immediately

Microsoft Live Search in your car? Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of Live Search for Devices, as the first of many new services for its automotive platform : REDMOND, Wash. — July 28, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it will expand its automotive offering beyond software to...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Sunshine on 07-29-2008
Live Search coming to Facebook

This morning at the Financial Analyst’s Meeting (FAM), being held on Microsoft’s campus, Satya Nadella announced an extension of Microsoft’s U.S. relationship with Facebook to encompass search. An email from Waggener Edstrom clarifies: As part of the deal, Microsoft will work with Facebook to bring...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 07-24-2008
Live QnA: About The Latest Updates To QnA

So Live Search QnA has updated , but what exactly changed? Let me recap the rather large QnA Team post : You now get 1 QnA point for voting again No more deduction of a point for abuse reports that get overturned NEW feature: Show violations page If your content gets removed/moderated you will now be...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Sunshine on 07-24-2008
Live QnA: Next Release On July 22nd PDT, Site Down For Maintenance In The Afternoon

Live Search QnA , yes it still exists and still in beta form. Beta means there is still room for improvement and as such there will be a new release on the 22nd. In this release you should see several improvements made, all because of your feedback! Beta means, above all, that this service is still evolving...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Sunshine on 07-22-2008
What Microsoft can learn from the Apple Application store

With today being the iPhone 2.0 launch, there’s a lot of chat about the new Applications Store and Apple touting the 500 third party applications available initially. Ina Fried already questioned Microsoft about how this compares to Windows Mobile, with the response being that “Microsoft has nearly 18...

Posted to OurView: The Opinion Blog (Weblog) by Chris on 07-11-2008
MSFT-YHOO, it just continues*

Like the soap opera it has become, the workings behind a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! just don’t ever seem to end. This week we’ve seen a Yahoo! PowerPoint presentation that tries to place all the blame on the failed deal on Microsoft, Microsoft’s purchase agreement with Powerset , the apparent...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Kip Kniskern on 07-02-2008

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