MSN vs Google, round one

[Strygun]

MSN Announces this at 9:29AM EST:

Originally Posted by http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Launches_new_beta_Search/1100133571

UPDATED Microsoft has unveiled a revamped beta version of MSN Search, which utilizes Redmond's own algorithmic search engine. MSN Search previously provided a front end for Yahoo! results, but last February, Microsoft committed considerable resources to develop in-house technology entirely from scratch.

Touting over 5 billion indexed Web documents, Microsoft says its search results are updated weekly, or even daily. The search can answer direct questions through Microsoft Encarta, and the company has also integrated MSN content such as music into results.

One hour later, at 10:49AM EST, Google annouces this:

Originally Posted by http://www.betanews.com/article/Google_Doubles_Search_Index/1100188179

Coinciding with the preview of Microsoft's new MSN Search, Google has announced its search index has nearly doubled to a massive 8 billion documents. The company says users will now find more results on obscure topics that previously returned just a handful of Web

[TotalBiscuit]

If it's Microsoft, I ain't buying into it.

Google gets the result every-time.. if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

TB.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by TotalBiscuit

if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

TB.

If it isn't broke, then release a patch that will break it, and release a patch the next week to fix it. ~Microsoft Employee's Handbook.

[Triggar]

Ohh snap son!

[Jennyboo]

Google rocks

[JetRaiden]

jesus, does microsoft really need a grip on EVERY software based industry?

[Hamma]

Apparently

[Infernus]

Originally Posted by JetRaiden

jesus, does microsoft really need a grip on EVERY software based industry?

Yet they still manage to work around that whole 'monopoly' thing...

Bill Gates makes Steven Jobs cry...

[Sputty]

Google already won round one with gmail vs. hotmail. I expect the same results in round 2

[TotalBiscuit]

Originally Posted by Sputty

Google already won round one with gmail vs. hotmail. I expect the same results in round 2

That wasn't exactly hard.. I'd consider a sack full of molluscs to be a better email provider than Hotmail..

TB.

[Baneblade]

Now that my Hotmail is 250Mb, I probably wont even use Gmail again, cept as an alt email.

[Corrosion]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

Now that my Hotmail is 250Mb, I probably wont even use Gmail again, cept as an alt email.

WTF. I heard about that, but mine never upgraded.

[Derfud]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

WTF. I heard about that, but mine never upgraded.

I think it depends on how old your account is. If you have been using it for a very long time then you get upgraded sooner. I have been using my hotmail account for four years, and I mine was upgraded about a month ago.

[TotalBiscuit]

I'll keep using gmail because I actually like my emails to get to me every once in a while, rather than being lost in overloaded servers filled with Viagra and porn spam :|

TB.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by TotalBiscuit

I'll keep using gmail because I actually like my emails to get to me every once in a while, rather than being lost in overloaded servers filled with Viagra and porn spam :|

TB.

Who uses Yahoo Mail anyway?