As the bid for Yahoo quietens down, Microsoft has revamped its
Live Search engine, expanding the types of searches users can
run.
In a telephone interview with Computer Weekly, Brad Goldberg,
general manager, search engine business at Microsoft, said the
company was well-positioned to be a strong search engine company,
and was taking long term investments in data centres and search
technology to become the alternative to Google. "Microsoft is
significantly investing on a worldwide basis because we think
search is a critical area for us," he said.
The user interface has been expanded to provide Internet users
with local and mapping information, together with integrated
location-based services via mobile devices. Microsoft said it has
improved the way Live Search find images, presenting images on a
single page to avoid users having to click "next page" to see more,
Microsoft said.
