IndustrySecond MSN Search Tech Preview Online Briefly

Second MSN Search Tech Preview Online Briefly

A second technology preview of MSN’s new search technology was online briefly for testing today. MSN says that it was run
in a small percentage of its various country-specific markets, like the UK, to do load and stress tests. The previews have now come down, MSN says. When it was up, the site
said:

  • The database is larger than with Tech Preview One, according to its About page
     
  • Cached versions of pages were available. Similar to what we’ve seen with other engines, the date the page was cached was included.
     
  • Still no advanced interface to try on the US side. A UK version of the service provided a number of interesting
    refinement tools, such as filtering by filetype, date, a numeric range feature and even some relevancy sliders or "equalizers."
     
  • Up to two results per domain were visible on a results page. The second result was indented. A green button positioned next to a hyperlink reads, “See more results from…”
     
  • Results were not numbered as they are at Yahoo.

Tech Preview One was available for a short period of time this summer (see our past article, MSN Search Gets New Look; Microsoft Gets New Search Engine).

Want to discuss? Visit our forum thread: MSN Search Preview 2 Up.

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