Yesterday, I wrote a post about Microsoft Live Seach Cash Back. Near the end, I ask a simple question that only has complex answers: Why does Microsoft have to play in search at all?
Perhaps the answer is obvious: MONEY. But that is the easy way out. Perhaps there are other obvious answers that I’m eager [...]
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Why does Microsoft Need to Play in Search?
Here’s Some Cash?
Rebates are an old tactic in the old game “use my service or buy my product now, and I’ll give you money back later.” So after Microsoft announced Microsoft Live Search Cashback and I’ve had some time to ponder it, I can sum up my opinion as this is a very interesting play in [...]
Yahoo! situation doesn’t compute
At least for me. The Yahoo! situation has been going on for weeks and the search (no pun intended) is still on for a suitable partner to block the Microsoft acquisition. Now I am not a financial analyst (and not using that lens) but the whole situation isn’t computing for me at face [...]
Social Impact of Search?
Jeremie Miller, founder of Jabber and now CTO at Search Wikia, made an interesting statement during our panel conversation at Defrag.
“Search is going to have the same transforming approach on society as the printing press.”
This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, is it true? Sure search is one of [...]
