There could be no new news on the Microsoft-Yahoo front, but that doesn;t mean there;s absolutely nothing occurring in the Microsoft search area.On June three, Microsoft released the last,
Microsoft Office Home And Business 2010, downloadable edition of Windows Lookup four.0 by way of Microsoft Download Middle. Microsoft produced out there to testers in March a preview version with the up-to-date Windows Lookup technologies. When put in on Vista Services Pack (SP) one techniques, Windows Search 4.0 updates and replaces the existing serach files. On XP and Windows Server 2003, Windows Lookup extends the existing search performance.Based on company officials, amongst the new attributes Microsoft added to Windows Search four.0 since March: Faster querying and indexing (”how much faster depends about the machine and the data,” based on enterprise officials)Improved reliability (”system failures won;t get inside the way of the indexer and all data will be scanned and readily available for searches,” based on a spokesperson)Broader PC-to-PC searches (a k a “Remote index discovery”)More Group Policy controls over aspects of search features On June four, Microsoft Research unveiled “SearchTogether,” an Internet Explorer 7 plug-in that allows users to do group search. Those connected can chat, comment on results,
Office 2007 Key, make recommendations and perform other group lookup tasks as a unit.Microsoft also announced a new and more intuitive edition of its “Lookup and Give” campaign on June 4. Schools, charities and other groups use Lookup and Give to fundraise; every time a user employs Live Search to perform a query, Microsoft donates money to a provided cause.Earlier this week, Microsoft also announced a new toolkit for customizing 404 error pages that users receive when their searches turn up no results. The Web Page Error Toolkit allows users to create 404 pages with customized error messages,
Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2010, plus lookup results containing specific keywords.About the Web search side with the Microsoft house,
Microsoft Office 2007, one of Microsoft;s biggest problems remains the branding. When I ask users whether they;ve tried Microsoft;s Live Lookup,
Office 2010 Code, the majority don;t realize that Microsoft;s destination lookup site is “www.live.com.” They know Microsoft has a search engine around the MSN.com page, but that;s it.Microsoft continues to make noise about fixing its Live branding. No doubt the Redmondians; on-again/off-again dealings with Yahoo have put any planned rebranding effort on hold.