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Did Kumo.com go live last night?

Mar 6, 2009 7:42 pm by Kip Kniskern | 6 comments

Kumo.com, the new iteration of Live Search, is supposed to be in “internal tests”, but apparently at least for a time last night it was live. We picked up on a re-tweet of a tweet taken down (btw, why bother? Removing a tweet doesn’t remove it from Twitter Search!) saying as much, and this morning the Microsoft Netherlands Livelog blog (in Dutch), said the same thing, offering up a screenshot and a few tidbits:

In the blog post, Livelog mentions that Kumo works with IE8 Web Slices. As soon as we saw the tweet last night we rushed straight to http://www.kumo.com, but all we got was a blank page (and a Windows favicon, woohoo!). Seeing screenshots is one thing, but checking out Kumo’s performance is another, so we’re anxious to try it out. Did anyone catch Kumo in action?

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http://www.liveside.net/members/Tony-T/default.aspx Tony T
A guy from a forum I visit, said he saw a Kumo search engine hit on his Google Analytical Log.
http://www.liveside.net/members/Edgar-J_2E00_/default.aspx Edgar J.
Visit the website on the favicon you will see Windows flag.
http://www.refugedesign.org Joshua Sciarrino – Refuge Design
I actually got 2 refers from Kumo, even though it’s in private beta.
http://twitpic.com/1w8xs (Please note, I hate GA cause it doesn’t show all the data; I had two, but the picture shows one. I’m trying to figure out some better/cheap analytics).
http://www.liveside.net/members/Kip-Kniskern/default.aspx Kip Kniskern
Joshua,
Microsoft offers adCenter Analytics, it’s still in beta, so you have to apply to get in but it’s free: http://tinyurl.com/cvgppl BTW we have 7 referrals from http://www.kumo.com.
http://www.liveside.net/members/Lab_2D00_Rat/default.aspx Lab-Rat
I don’t know why, but my school can access Kumo.com and see the search engine. When I went to Live.com it redirected me to Kumo.com
http://www.liveside.net/members/foaf/default.aspx foaf
Also had two referrals from Kumo. I guess it was their bots as they didn’t stay long http://twitpic.com/1ycg4