When searchers can't find something on Google, they might turn to another search engine like Yahoo, Windows Live or Ask. Think Google Analytics Lite: it's essentially a way to see how popular a video is over time combined with a global map that...
AskCity Adds Search-Enabled Drawing ToolsAsk.com is adding new tools to its AskCity local search product, which allow a searcher to define a geographic search area by drawing on a map. Christopher Payne, VP of Microsoft's Windows Live Search group...
Local), Microsoft (Windows Live Local), and most recently, Ask (AskCity). These local search offerings are all grounded in a map interface, however a map isn't as relevant in some categories as others.
Windows Live Video Beta Now Available - Microsoft is testing a video search engine.MORE” Custom Map Icons Added For Google Local Business Ads - The Google Blog announced a new feature for Google Local business ads, named "custom map icons.
Earlier, we reported that Google displayed map results in the OneBox area. Well, they still come up for some searches, I happen to be looking for an Windows XP logo today, and I searched on xp logo at Yahoo and got Yahoo Image results at the top...
However, upon closer scrutiny and in actual usage, WLL's basic mapping functionality wasn't equal to some of the site's more impressive features and its interface was somewhat clunky with too many dialog boxes and other clutter obscuring the map.
Microsoft also operates Windows Live Expo, its classifieds marketplace (in beta), which includes free housing listings Windows Live Product Reader, Niall Kennedy (read officially blogged news of Microsoft product announcements all in one place)
Windows Live QnA In Action Windows Live QnA Beta - Microsoft's Answer To Google This Time In Korea This enables users to enter or edit information with map hotspots.MORE” The news comes on the heels of China apparently ramping up blocks on the...
Today's search podcast covers Windows Live Local getting new UK images and easier ability to share mapped points, Microsoft's many shopping moves, a new tool to detect if a site in search results is "safe" or not, Ask's smart answers for stock...
The site remarks, "The underlying 128 megapixel night imagery from NASA uses a map projection different from Google Maps'. Hacking The MSN Search Change To Windows Live Coming Google Acquires Blog Tracking Software, Measure Map - Google announced...
The site remarks, "The underlying 128 megapixel night imagery from NASA uses a map projection different from Google Maps'. Hacking The MSN Search Change To Windows Live Coming Google Acquires Blog Tracking Software, Measure Map - Google announced...
I also would not be the least bit suprised to see Microsoft partner with others or simply promote their own products using Windows Live Local (WLL) both the aerial and the bird's eye imagery that WLL offers.
New Stuff from Google AdWords: Troubleshooting Wizards, Landing Pages Some Global Imagery Also Added - The new Windows Live Local service offers new "bird's eye" imagery showing close up aerial views of cities with a unique "side on" perspective...
Getting Out Of Google Sandbox Using Subdomain Some Global Imagery Also Added - The new Windows Live Local service offers new "bird's eye" imagery showing close up aerial views of cities with a unique "side on" perspective along with other new...
Although they said it would go live at Noon EST, the Windows Live Local service that we wrote about yesterday is now online. From here you're able to click and see the aerial view link (what you should be seeing), view a road map, OR click for...
The new MSN Web Search Services complement and expand upon the previously released Microsoft Windows Desktop Search APIs within the overall developer platform. Resources include technical articles; newsgroups, forums and blogs; software developer...
Yahoo Acquires Konfabulator - Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator, a developer of small javascript tools (aka widgets) that run on Windows and Macintosh systems.MORE” New "Hybrid View" From Google Maps - Now, along with "map" and "satellite" views, you...
Maporama, a great site for maps and driving directions (global in scope) provides a mobile version of their service for Palm and Windows devices with wireless web access. Now, with that same click you can also send yourself a direct link to access...
Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: SES New York: Live Coverage - Google Hires Top Windows Programmer - Yahoo's Contextual Ads in the Wild - Can Google Push Users To Yahoo Anti-Spy Feature Also Added By Gary...
This tool is designed to "look ahead" at the results that come up and automatically open them into multiple windows. The successor to Windows XP, Longhorn, is being pushed back until 2006. What underscored it for me was the engraved map of the...
