Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:48:18 -0500
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Microsoft's new search engine . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Michael Walsh wrote:
>> scpierce at gmail.com 11/11/04 3:48:41 PM >>> And the author of the
>> ad......Google, perchance?
>
> The writers for The Late Show with David Lettermen.  Of course they
> might own Google stock <g>.
>
> mjw
>
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:35:33 -0500, Michael Walsh
>> <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> from Letterman last night:
>>
>> Have you heard that Microsoft is launching a new search engine to
>> compete with Google? They've come out with this commercial.
>>
>> "Microsoft if proud to announce a new, comprehensive Internet
>> search engine that is far superior to Google. And using the
>> Microsoft search engine couldn't be easier: simply go to
>> www.msn.com, click the sign-in button, register to create a .net
>> password, complete the registration check, read the terms of use
>> and statement of privacy and confirm your agreement, return to the
>> www.msn.com homepage, click search.msn.com, stipulate how your
>> search words are to be interpreted, then adjust how the results are
>>  to be displayed, indicate the file types your search should cover,
>>  then specify the content to be found on those sites, type
>> search.msn.com/default.aspx, enter the desire topic, and click the
>>  search button. It's just that easy. The new Microsoft search
>> engine --- Try it today!"

More fun with Microsoft's new search engine:

<http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20041111MicrosoftCrawlingGoogleResultsForNewSearchEngine.html>

Looks a whole lot like Microsoft is using Google to run their web spiders.

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