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Microsoft to demo new search engine (Kumo) next week
As far as we can tell from early screenshots, Kumo features a clean, streamlined look with filters for search results in the left-hand navigation. You can sort search results by categories such as images, songs, lyrics, music, videos. You know, kind of like you can do with the new search filters that Google rolled out last week.
Kumo will also reportedly feature improvements to its video and image search engines. Because really, the most important thing isn't how nice a search engine looks, but how good it is at providing the information you're looking for.
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Subscribe to commentsRobertMay 21st 2009 1:53PM
If the search results are anything like the garbage Live Search spews forth then I'll pass.
RawkerMay 21st 2009 3:06PM
I have found that live usually has the more relevant results , at least for me
RobertMay 21st 2009 3:19PM
Maybe it's been improved but my experience has always been:
1) Fresh windows install
2) search from IE toolbar
3) get defaulted to Live Search
4) wade through pages of useless links
5) change default search to google
6) redo my search
7) find relevant links toward top of first page
But I'm glad you've had a better time with it
RobertMay 21st 2009 3:24PM
Oh I see, I wasn't thinking about image/video search - just general web search. I don't have much use for an image search as I have to be careful not to use copyrighted images.
QuikboyMay 21st 2009 7:09PM
I'm curious as to what you searched, and didn't find at the top of the list. For me, most of my results are nailed down usually as the first link, or on the first page.
I'm not denying that Live Search can mess up; I sometimes do have to sift through pages to find the right link (if it's even listed). For instance, "on10" rarely ever shows up in the first 3 pages of search, even though it is somewhat affiliated with Microsoft. It has improved lately, as far as this website I always look up. It used to link to other pages within in the site, but not just the home page of the site. It's been fixed.
So Live Search does have its ups and downs, but usually I get pretty much the same relevancy as Google. So did you just use Live Search for web results one or few times?
RobertMay 24th 2009 3:10PM
It's been at least six months since I've tried it - usually looking for useful information about Linux, Emulators, Modding, etc...
sitrucMay 21st 2009 2:30PM
This reads like you are implying that Microsoft is copying Google's interface, but even the page you link to(which has a negative title for clicks) mentions that the MS screenshots you refer to are from March. Also, I'd easily put Live ahead of Google as far as video and images while the general web search is much better than what it was while Google has been slipping. Especially since teoma, ask has been one of the best in general searches.
Brad LinderMay 21st 2009 2:31PM
I never meant to imply that Google developed filters first... but only that they rolled them out first. It's certainly possible that they did this as a pre-emptive strike because Google knew that Kumo was coming.
burnblueMay 21st 2009 2:56PM
The image and video searches are already miles above the competition, so it'll be interesting to see what improvements they make.
I'm not sure if they're really going to make regular search better, but let's see
rtaycherMay 21st 2009 3:39PM
May be good but at least the screen shown is ugly as hell, remind me of the
random searches you get when you mistype a word,probably a step downward from live UI.
QuikboyMay 21st 2009 7:06PM
I have to agree, I think the current Live Search looks much better than these screenshots. The blue/gray/orange color scheme looks not so pleasant. Also, the layout of where everything is seem much more inconvenient.