March 21, 2004

New MSN Search in July

Reuters reports that Microsoft will launch a new version of their MSN search in July. They plan to gain marketshare from Google with more relevant search results. Good luck Softie. One large change will be to separate paid listings to a different portion of each page. The company also moved away from Looksmart technology and is contemplating doing the same to Overture (owned by Yahoo) in the future. Read