Live Search: Cool Or Fool?

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Thursday, 30 of October , 2008 at 12:49 pm

Live Search wrote on its blog that it can provide instant answers. That’s great, but I think Ask.com proved years ago that instant answers weren’t always that good. But Jeeves didn’t quite do it the way that Live Search is trying to do. I actually like the Live Search model.

Here it is in a nutshell:

• Search the Live Search Encyclopedia for information
• Get local traffic by performing a traffic query
• Check your horoscope

I like the encyclopedia approach, especially if it’s free. But users will have to be able to get the information that they need right now. One failed search query and it’s doomed. But I’m not real sure it’s going to MSNs market share. It probably won’t. Still, if they can provide useful information at a snap, it’ll hold its own. What do you think? Is Live Search cool or a fool?

                      Category: Search Engines                      

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