Microsoft Takes on Google

Shannon · Jul 10, 2003

Found this here.

SYDNEY--Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google.SYDNEY--Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google.

And you can find the full story here.

vat_man · Jul 10, 2003

Maybe it''ll do as well as teoma.com.

Well, it can't hurt Google to have some competition. Well it can, but it can't hurt us, unless MS win, which they might.

Not holding my breath.

Solid Lifters · Jul 11, 2003

Right, why should MS stop stealing other's innovations when it makes them so much money.

Acid X · Jul 11, 2003

Lame. To the max!.

GilesGuthrie · Jul 11, 2003

Aye, well Google are in more trouble than that at the moment. They're currently in trouble for cacheing pages, which allows free access to subscription sites, and also for data which has been removed from the internet to still be available.

Bad month for Google thus far.

Tom M · Jul 11, 2003

I haven't yet embraced Google, but Use MSN for general searches as it is my homepage (MS has a horrible search engine.)
So far my favorites are Yahoo and more specifically Alta Vista (which powers several others.)

Apclps · Jul 11, 2003

People will never trust microsoft! Even if M$ develops a better search engine, no one will use it as much as google...

But you have to do something with those billions of dollars!

koolsax · Jul 11, 2003

And I bet it won't have as catchy of a name either!