Gates: Microsoft fights back from underdog status on search

                   
infoworld.com     May 21, 2008            

At Microsoft's annual advertisers' conference, Bill Gates laid out the company's upcoming technologies and future plans for its search business By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without... [read full story]                

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Playing With Live Search Cashback

searchengineland.com     May 21, 2008          

Microsoft launched Live Search Cashback and Greg will have a more detailed post on his pre-briefing. But I wanted to take you through the experience of using Cashback as a searcher. It has been a rainy week here in New York, and I figured I would start my search and shopping experience looking to...                

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Can I Earn Live Search Cashback for Hostile Acquisitions?

allthingsd.com     May 21, 2008          

Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. … When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it ( If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. For every person that...                

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Microsoft "Cashback" Program Aims To Lure Commercial Shoppers With Rebates, Marketers With CPA Model

searchengineland.com     May 21, 2008          

Microsoft has invested heavily in Live Search and seen its search relevance and results improve but so far not its market share. The company believes its core search results are as good as what you'll find on Google or Yahoo. But its share is flat-to-declining, depending on which of the metrics...                

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Jellyfish’s Day in the Sun

comparisonengines.com     May 21, 2008          

Yesterday I sent an email to Brian Weigand of Jellyfish asking him about potential Jellyfish integration into Microsoft Search. This seemed like a logical thing to ask considering that Jellyfish recently completed integration with Windows Live and Arrington mentioned on Monday MSFT’s announcement...                

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Live Search Cashback Offers Discounts for Searching [Shopping]

lifehacker.com     May 21, 2008          

Live Search Cashback Offers Discounts for Searching Microsoft's Live Search Cashback program is a product search engine that provides—you guessed it—cash back for searching for products through their site. As Salon's Machinist points out, the cash back initiative may seem desperate, but...                

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Gates: Microsoft Fights Back From Underdog Status on Search

pcworld.com     May 21, 2008          

Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo, Microsoft on Wednesday laid out more of its vision for improving on its current "underdog" position in search. While describing some new...                

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Explaining the workings of Live Search Cashback

news.com     May 21, 2008          

REDMOND, Wash.--I'm not sure how much Microsoft's Live Search Cashback program will help Microsoft take share from Google, but I do find my brain grinding over the business model implications. In this case the referrer (Microsoft) is shuttling all that money to the consumer. But, where Microsoft...                

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Gates: Microsoft fights back from 'underdog' status on search

computerworld.com     May 21, 2008          

Chairman spells out long-term vision for search May 21, 2008 (IDG News Service) REDMOND, Wash. -- After vague statements over the past few weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. today laid out more of its vision for improving...                

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Advance08: Bill Gates and Satya Nadella

visinsights.com     May 21, 2008          

Changing the Game in Search and Advertising Bill Gates - Chairman Microsoft The Future of Search Satya Nadella - Senior Vice President, Search, Portal & Advertising Platform Group, Microsoft Processing is now essentially free today - transistors cost $.0000001 today. The actual impact is more...                

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