Comments on: Microsoft Will Pay You To Use Live Search http://blog.kbsweb.com/microsoft-will-pay-you-to-use-live-search/ Techmology Bits Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Guy Smith http://blog.kbsweb.com/microsoft-will-pay-you-to-use-live-search/#comment-1928 Guy Smith Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:48:23 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=297#comment-1928 I suspect this move is an act of desperation by Microsoft (see http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/05/27/microsoft-cashback-search/) The system is fragile and violates the basic set of needs of users looking for products via search. Without adding value for users, Microsoft is missing the core of the market. It is basically a reverse variation of iWon, and we all know what a winner that wasn't. I suspect this move is an act of desperation by Microsoft (see http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/05/27/microsoft-cashback-search/) The system is fragile and violates the basic set of needs of users looking for products via search. Without adding value for users, Microsoft is missing the core of the market.

It is basically a reverse variation of iWon, and we all know what a winner that wasn’t.

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