Comments on: Microsoft Live Search: If at first you don’t succeed, pay your users

By: Apple’s search engine? It’s probably not what you’re thinking » VentureBeat

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:40:12 +0000

[...] You see, it would be rather foolish for Apple to attempt to build a web search engine. Google dominates that space like Tiger Woods dominates the PGA Tour. Several startups have tried to penetrate that space and are floundering (Cuil, etc). Even a huge player like Microsoft can’t get people to use its search engine instead of Google’s — even after paying them to do so! [...]

By: Roundup: Buffet invests, M&As and IPOs sink, Mac laptops rise and more » VentureBeat

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:05:03 +0000

[...] on Live search. You can redeem these points for stuff. I guess it’s better than straight up paying people, but it’s still awfully pathetic. Make that best product Microsoft, that’s how you win, [...]

By: Microsoft fails to buy Yahoo, so it buys…some European comparison shopping sites? » VentureBeat

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:19:29 +0000

[...] Microsoft’s play here is apparently to become more ingrained in European search and online habits. Going after more shopping traffic seems questionable considering the laughable move it made back in May to pay users to use its Live search engine to look for purchases to make. Given that Microsoft’s search share once again fell last month, it appears that strategy failed, as we thought it would. [...]

By: Roundup: Yahoo gains key shareholder in proxy fight, Motorola sues former employee for giving secrets to Apple and more » VentureBeat

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:08:32 +0000

[...] finds Microsoft making gains in search — Could it be due to its comical attempt to pay users to use its search, or is it something else? Either way, Google is still utterly [...]

By: Google commands 88% of all searches

Google commands 88% of all searches — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:39:12 +0000

[...] Microsoft has taken the absurdly amusing step of paying people to use its search service. We’ll see how that one works [...]

By: Google pushes towards 70 percent of all U.S. searches; Yahoo, Microsoft going the other way. » VentureBeat

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:22:36 +0000

[...] Microsoft’s rather comical attempt to pay users to use its Live Search product doesn’t appear to be paying off for anyone expect those users it is paying. Perhaps its purchase of the semantic search site Powerset will help it fair better, but results from that are likely a long way off. [...]

By: Yahoo and Microsoft search market share combined now less than half of Google’s » VentureBeat

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:26:49 +0000

[...] you saw the writing on the wall yesterday with news that Microsoft is now basically paying users to use its search engine — yes, Google search share rose again in [...]

By: Microsoft Live Search Cashback: TechCrunch Says Wow, VentureBeat and SA Insider Say Bomb |

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:00:35 +0000

[...] seems alone in his enthusiasm. Henry Blodget at SAI says it is a great idea that won’t work. MG Siegler at VentureBeat is more scathing saying “The question is if this will have any meaningful effect on [...]

By: Roundup: Live Search cashback will bring in no revenue, Google Reader is catching up with Bloglines, and more » VentureBeat

Thu, 22 May 2008 09:24:25 +0000

[...] according to Silicon Alley Insider. They actually somewhat like the idea, the whole thing still sounds pretty desperate to [...]