Memo Outlines Microsoft's Plans 118
conq wrote to mention a BusinessWeek article that covers some of Microsoft's upcoming web plans. From the article: "Live.com, Microsoft's customizable search-oriented portal, has more than 3 million users and the second-highest Net Promoter score -- a metric showing how many users would recommend the site to others -- of all MSN.com properties, writes Cole. That's good news, since the Live.com portal is the entry point for the first release of its Windows Live Search, the site through which Microsoft hopes to make the big bucks through paid search. Microsoft on Mar. 8 unveiled a slew of features aimed at letting users personalize the way they search the Web."
dead.com (Score:5, Informative)
Good to see that things worked just as one would expect from MS. Naturally I would unhesitatingly recommend live.com - my small contribution to Micosoft's prodigious "Net Promoter" score. When folks get back to me saying live.com doesn't work, I'll be suggesting they another website and, preferably, try Mac OS or Ubuntu as well.
Re:Live.com (Score:5, Informative)
It used to belong to Live Networks Inc (check Wayback [archive.org]). They are a vendor of streaming media tools. They had the domain since at least 1998.
Re:Huh??? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:dead.com (Score:1, Informative)
On a related note, the Live Search did work for me (Firefox1.5 on winXP), but Microsoft for some reason assumed my browser doesn't have any scrollbars, and so gave me their own javascript-enabled one, which of course doesn't work with my scrollwheel. Thanks, thanks a lot.
Net promoter score (Score:4, Informative)
I'd never heard of a "Net promoter score", so I asked Google, and it pointed me to another Businessweek article [businessweek.com].
Re:haha. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Live.com (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Live.com (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.google.com/search?q=http&start=0&ie=ut
first link is to MS, and firefox does a feeling lucky search for this