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MSN Search MSNBOT: This is new. MSNBOT is a prototype Web crawler robot developed by MSN Search... More good information over at Scripting News: They [MSN] currently outsource all their searches to Inktomi and LookSmart, with ads embedded through a partnership with Overture. Now that Inktomi is owned by ...

Microsoft brains take on Google brawn | CNET News.com: Microsoft is awfully serious about this: "Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google. ... Microsoft is actively working on new search algorithms it will use to power its ...

Boycott Microsoft Search!: I guess I don't see the point. "Microsoft is building a Web search engine, and they intend for it to become the industry standard. Given Microsoft's track record during the browser wars, there is every reason to believe the company will again use its monopoly power to ...

The New State of Search: Here's a little table of all the search engine acquisitions and deals that have happened this year. I didn't realize that Overture bought AltaVista, then AllTheWeb, and then was acquired by Yahoo! along with Inktomi. Then Google picks up Prya Labs, and MSN lanuches the ...

Microsoft search set to take on Google: Because there is no corner of the Web that Microsoft doesn't want to own. You can try it out here. This is what the MSNBot has been trolling for over the last year. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told shareholders at the company's ...

Google Spam Filtering Gone Bad: Funny things going on with Google. Seth Finkelstein has identified what he calls a "GoogleNack" when a Google results page trips over a spam site and removes a big chunk of the results. "The suppressed sites should be quietly removed from the items returned. ...

Digging for Googleholes - Google may be our new god, but it's not omnipotent.: Interesting look at some problems with Google. "Search for 'apple' on Google, and you have to troll through a couple pages of results before you get anything not directly related to Apple Computer and it's ...

Here's a question on blogging practice: what do you do for follow-up posts or updates to an existing post? Do you make a new post? Update the original post? Post a comment? I have examples of all three options so far, and I have yet to figure out which one ...