The Top of Live Search for 2006 Live Search went live in 2006, and it has been a great year for us and our users searching the Web. With the year drawing to a close, we decided to put together lists of the top searches for 2006. The

297 views read more 2006-12-14 14:46:00

Announcing Live Search 411 (1-800-CALL-411) On Monday we announced a new service that brings the power of local search to any phone-and lets you access it just by speaking.  Think about all the times you need to find quick local informati

292 views read more 2007-10-19 01:22:00

Search Macros: LinkfromDomain Now that Zach’s given you the user-friendly introduction to how macros work, let me take you on a tour of the gears and inner workings that we expose in our advanced syntax. These operators allow yo

288 views read more 2006-10-16 14:27:00

“Do what I mean, not what I say!” [Part 1 of 2] Yes, that's an odd title, let me explain.   We've been working on returning the very best search results for your intent, not just for the particular search terms that you happen to have ch

276 views read more 2007-10-24 01:40:00

Book search winding down Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will contin

260 views read more 2008-05-23 01:45:00

Microsoft acquires Jellyfish.com We want to welcome some new folks to the Live Search family - we recently purchased a company called Jellyfish.com , based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jellyfish has done some really innovative work in comp

247 views read more 2007-10-01 21:12:00

New and improved product results in Web search It’s no surprise to anyone who uses the Web that shopping is one of the leading online activities.  Many people use the Internet to research their next purchase or buy products online. &nb

243 views read more 2007-10-10 01:58:00

New Release of Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth 3D Our Maps team released new versions of Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth 3D yesterday.  Here are some of the highlights: Directions and Traffic enhancements, including 1-Click directions (

242 views read more 2008-04-11 15:09:00

Relevance, Relevance, Relevance! In building 88 on Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, WA there is a small, but growing group of us that think about relevance constantly. We eat, live and breathe ideas and technology that makes our

240 views read more 2007-10-02 17:26:00

Introducing...the new Live Search This week we’re excited to launch a major update to Live Search that’s relevant, faster and easier to use.  Hundreds of us rolled up our sleeves and dug deep.  We pored over your feedbac

233 views read more 2007-09-26 21:15:00