MSN passing Google in 6 Months - Predicted

[! search-engines-web]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060301/...osft_google_dc

"What we're saying is that in six months' time we'll be more relevant in the U.S. market place than Google," said Neil Holloway, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

"The quality of our search and the relevance of our search from a solution perspective to the consumer will be more relevant," he told the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit.

[Marty]

I think, that this is another joke from Microsoft. But it is so in very deep?

Google has much users, but Microsft is strange company on field of desktop application. And whats the matter, when Microsoft decide to aplicate thier MSN to all their desktop and internet application...

[! search-engines-web]

http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/arch...03/543032.aspx

When you talk about basic web relevancy, our customers report that we’ve made some great progress over the past year, and I know that our research and engineering pipeline is overflowing with intriguing ideas that we will test and release as they’re ready. Certainly newer areas of search like desktop search and mapping are areas in which many reviewers and bloggers believe we have some best-in-class features. Next week Christopher Payne, VP of Search, will be in San Diego at ETech showing some intriguing improvements to our service, we hope these continue the trend.

That said, we won’t try to predict the progress of our competitors and so we won't forecast when we might take the lead, but this is a long term game and we are committed to helping drive the next wave of innovation in search for our customers

[St0n3y]

yeah, MS has backtracked from this, but at least they are giving themselves some goals. Yaho, on the underhand appears to have given up and simply want to maintain search marketshare rather than grow it.

My question is, if MSN does beat google in relevance, will they be able to beat google in marketshare? Two different things entirely.

[EGOL]

This has to be true. One of my sites is ranking higher over there already. lol

[gabs]

This has to be true. One of my sites is ranking higher over there already. lol

Oooooh yeh.. bring it on lol

But only for some sites

[princess275]

MSN has got some serious catching up to do if it thinks it can outdo google. We have had many sites rank high, mostly on page one, for competitive keytems but traffic from msn is frankly scarce! Its next to uselesss as far as my experience goes

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[gabs]

Posted "03-02-2006 12:39 AM"

US dates i take it ?

So MSN has 1 day to beat google ...

[kevingibbons]

I wonder if they would have predicted being overtaken by MySpace within 6 months?

MySpace drives more retail traffic MSN

[mithradates]

MS can no longer ignore happenings on the web. They know their stay in this world can only be enhaced if they try to stay on the WWW.

Even though MSN.com is much worse than yahoo and google they still hold the market because MSN is default in IE and 90% of all pcs have windows and IE.

MSN has thoughts of entering the Cost per click market as well.

I think they should stay more active and start services like more email space, free blogs, etc.

Google may have a tough time in the future with MSN.