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MSN/Live Universal Search
November 16, 2007
Perhaps I'm late in noticing, but it appears that MSN has finally made an attempt at emulating Google's Universal Search in search results pages, specifically for queries that are off the usual Universal path. Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of MSN and thus don't check out their search results with any great frequency, but it's better late than never to notice their new results, no?
Anyway, take a look at a quick snapshot I took this AM of their search results for [atv trailers]:
You'll notice at the very top of their search results; links for Images, Video, News, Maps, Etc. "Related" searches are in the top-right corner. And the neat thing about the videos is that they begin playing when you hover over them.
But I think I prefer Google's Universal Search results (video, images, news, etc.) immersed within the search results themselves. However, it may end up being more user-friendly to allow people to use the "Try Also" links at the top of the search results to narrow their search focus to be for just Images, Videos, etc. as opposed to drilling down the search results and clicking on links of interest as is the case with Google.
Should be interesting to see what people think of the new MSN Universal Search functionality.
Is it a copyright infringement to call this MSN Universal Search? I guess we'll know soon enough.
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posted by Sean Bolton at November 16, 2007 02:17 PM
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I havent used MSN search at all for years up till a few weeks ago when i noticed that my youtube videos had been played from msn urls.
That made me go have a look !
Posted by: Loke Hansen at November 19, 2007 03:49 AM
Know what? I was a Google unconditional user. Did not like MSN much. Tell you: I have definetely changed my mind past couple of months. In my view, google has become too big, they ignore several aspects that MSN is picking up.
Posted by: marcelino stein at November 19, 2007 08:49 AM