Live Search takeaways from CES and more

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

Khristopher — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:02:15 GMT

Maybe if they had the same search for all countries it would be great. www.live.com and www.live.ca look completely different, and it should not. I know all about the laws crap, yet google.ca and google.com look the same, so I think that's a load of crap personally. And if it is somehow important, then they should take are of that crap before releasing it. MS just isn't in the game. They can't seem to do anything right.

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

lbastie — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:58:15 GMT

The best rebranding for search would be YAHOO! Just for the search engine ("powered by Yahoo")

No need to invest in a new brand. Just make a search deal with Yahoo. Bring the MS search technology (which is good in the US, less good abroad) and take the Y! name.

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

quikboy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:57:49 GMT

Rebranding won't do a thing. Whenever I ask someone why they don't use Live Search, they say it doesn't always come out with the results they're looking for, then they'd find on Google or Yahoo. A rebrand would be cool, if it actually looked cooler, integrated more cool web technology in a more cohesive way to make it slick, and the name was actually catchy and not repulsive like Kumo. However, search results are the most important thing, and Live Search hasn't taken any of the feedback I've given. I don't know why they can't crawl some sites right.

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

Hb8 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:15:52 GMT

I seriously doubt re-branding search is going to help matters any more and it will probably hurt more than help.

There was enough brand confusion when MS split products off of MSN and created Windows Live. What are users going to do next?

"I use MSN search. Oh wait, is it Live Search? Maybe it was I kumo'd the results..."

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

CalumJR — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:03:36 GMT

Actually Khristopher, Live Search is very good! (especially the image search). It just needs a rebrand and more market share!

re: Live Search takeaways from CES and more

Khristopher — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:11:45 GMT

Why don't they just forget about search? Move on...

Why does MS feel the need to always copy and repeat what everyone else is doing and has already done?

I would understand if they did that, and made better versions, but they don't. They fail over and over again.

Also there is a red x in your feeds all the time lately.The link to the red x is: feedads.googleadservices.com/.../a