Microsoft Launches New Search Engine
Posted on November 12, 2004
Microsoft has debuted the beta of the search engine it has been promising. The company plans to compete head-on with YahooYahoo and Google in search. The site launched with an index of 5 billion webpages, but Google quickly countered by increasing its index to over 8 billion webpages. Other areas the three companies will continue to compete in include email, social networking, discussion, blogging and online shopping.
Ultimately, Microsoft has plans for victory in the search department, but they still have a ways to go to catch Google's headstart in both popularity and technology. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has promised that Microsoft will build a superior Web search technology from scratch.
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