Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Microsoft believes Web search can be done much better than any Web search engine does it today. "Our research indicates that only 30% to 40% of the Web is indexed and that people's questions (to search engines) go unanswered half the time," Gurry said.

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This is classic FUD. It's true of course, but Microsoft pronouncing this as though it's an oversight of current web-search technology, and implying they knolw how to do better, is barefaced cheek. But the fact is, Google has demonstrated that search engines are still hot, and Microsoft want to contest that space.

But Google is great because of it's web ethics, and you'll only beat them if you can improve on them in that space. Microsoft is smart and adaptable. I'd like to see them try.

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