http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/06/17/live-search-in-europe-microsoft-announces-plans-to-open-a-search-technology-center.aspxMicrosoft today announced plans at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival to invest in Live Search in Europe. A new Search Technology Center will open sometime during the next twelve months in Europe. The location of the facility has yetenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/06/17/live-search-in-europe-microsoft-announces-plans-to-open-a-search-technology-center.aspx#8478Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:53:03 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:8478kierepka<p>Yes it will be nice to have good Search Center in Poland like Google HC in Krakow ;)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8478" width="1" height="1">http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/06/17/live-search-in-europe-microsoft-announces-plans-to-open-a-search-technology-center.aspx#8476Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:02:58 GMT56c526a3-1f9b-4262-a0cc-2de2ce4c7619:8476Chris<p>Totally agree that something needs to be done regarding the disparity of features between the US and rest of the world. Sure localisation takes some effort, but Google has hundreds of different locale's, and the main regions like EMEA are not treated as 2nd class searchers.</p> <p>There's also the new Xrank categories, along with News, Health, Local, Products and Qna all showing from the Live Search US homepage that don't appear elsewhere.</p> <p>(Compare <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://search.live.com/explore?mkt=en-gb">search.live.com/explore</a> with <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://search.live.com/explore?mkt=en-us">search.live.com/explore</a>)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.liveside.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8476" width="1" height="1">