The memecrowd sure has a short memory... maybe I'm just showing my age here, but still.
CNET: Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News
Search Engine Land: Microsoft Launches Live Search News
Search Engine Watch: Windows Live Search Offers Google News Alternative
MSN Newsbot? Anyone? From 2004:
CNET: Google News faces Microsoft rival (Jul 27, 2004)
Wash Post: Microsoft Deploys Newsbot To Track Down Headlines (Aug 1, 2004)
Geeking with Greg: MSN Newsbot review (Jul 27, 2004)
Comments (5)
so what's the point of your post. instead of doling out snark, contribute to the conversation
Posted by dirk henfeld | April 16, 2008 2:36 PM
Posted on April 16, 2008 14:36
uh-huh...
44.124.239.216.in-addr.arpa name = cn-sfo1-natout.cnet.com.
Greetings cnet poster!
The point is to mock press-release reblogging journalists... who apparently can't be bothered to search their own archives for relevant material before putting up a story.
I see cnet updated their story to mention Newsbot...so apparently I did contribute to the conversation after all.
Posted by Rich Skrenta | April 16, 2008 2:48 PM
Posted on April 16, 2008 14:48
CNET == Busted.
Anyway, I thought the same thing.
MSN Newsbot...
The difference here is the Google News-style skin.
Yawn.... There's not much innovation in this space anymore.
Wake me when something interesting happens. I have clustering algorithms to write.
Kevin
Posted by Kevin Burton | April 16, 2008 5:32 PM
Posted on April 16, 2008 17:32
Go to http://newsbot.msn.com/ ... and see which search engine they ask us to search from :)
Posted by Nik | April 16, 2008 9:01 PM
Posted on April 16, 2008 21:01
The only discernable difference is the aesthetics. Looks like a half-hearted attempt to me...
Posted by Real Estate Raj | April 21, 2008 11:41 AM
Posted on April 21, 2008 11:41