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By: tinyComb » Blog Archive » Why Microsoft Should Buy ‘FriendsForSale’ App To Boost LiveSearch

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:09:40 +0000

[...] could keep the core affiliate business in tact to produce revenue out of the app, LiveSearch can just be an ever going points accumulator for those that use [...]

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By: goit

goit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:08:46 +0000

You sound like a sales person from MS

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Facebook Rolls Out Microsoft Live Search « PlayerSearch Blog — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:33:11 +0000

[...] good post on this is here. According to the math Mark Hendrickson lays out, MSFT needs every user on facebook to make ten [...]

By: Headland

Headland — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:38:34 +0000

dude, are you for real?

By: Social Media Marketing

Social Media Marketing — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:33:46 +0000

Live Search isn’t itself very popular so what would be the advantage for facebook. I guess live search is trying to take the advantage from facebook popularity but people don’t use social network for searching purposes. I guess, that won’t work

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By: Pez

Pez — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:48:22 +0000

Facebook’s web search results seem to be somehow censored: try and search for “porn”…well, just as a test

By: www.landofpics.blogspot.com

www.landofpics.blogspot.com — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:18:09 +0000

which is earning more money from ads ———>
orkut or facebook?

By: sp4ngle » Blog Archive » Can Facebook Help Keep Live Search Afloat?

sp4ngle » Blog Archive » Can Facebook Help Keep Live Search Afloat? — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:40:17 +0000

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By: Madhav

Madhav — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:30:55 +0000

Here is a general question about search-advertising on Google, Live or Yahoo.

How many of the clicks actually convert to sales? Meaning, are the advertisers actually making off the search-ads or is it just a gamble?

Does it seem more like investing in stock markets. First it was the big players like asset management companies and hedge funds running the show, and when online trading happened, retail investors thought they too could make money like the big guys and they started throwing money at stocks. Day after day, the retail/ individual investor burns his fingers but continues to play the “game” in the hope of a silver lining.

Do you see the same happen with the search-ads or is there is a real ROI ?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:18:25 +0000

For what it’s worth, I am DEFINITELY not elderly and I am a very happy customer of Live Search. Most days, the live.com homepage is quite picturesue (great UX) and in my limited experience, I’ve never had noticibly different search results from either site. For image and video search, I actually prefer Live.com by far. In addition, with http://www.searchperks.com, I also earn a free mp3 every four days by using live.com. Now THAT is an incentive! I’ve also gotten cash back on one occasion (and a great deal) from Live Search cashback.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:45:37 +0000

“Whereas Facebook can continue its gradual accumulation of users without monetizing them effectively”

Wait, what? Companies can keep growing and never monetize their business effectively? What is this, 1999?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:34:56 +0000

I’m not elderly and I use Live, Ask etc., basically anything but google. Live results aren’t bad and to be honest I’m sick of google. One company dominating the web isn’t good for anyone, competition is.

By: Yasser

Yasser — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:58:46 +0000

so microsoft paid that much money for this? ahah!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:56:57 +0000

What are those 1.2 searches on Facebook for? I would assume names of people who they want to be friends with on the site? I don’t see how that monetizes with accompanying advertisements like general searches on the Web.

This reminds me that I was at a conference in San Francisco and I distinctly remember a woman telling me that search on Facebook was going to be one of the next big things. I need further explanation, because I don’t see it.

By: cfur

cfur — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:54:59 +0000

I love headlines where you can switch the subject and the object.

By: charles

charles — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:36:25 +0000

impossible!

By: Tostada-man

Tostada-man — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:33:25 +0000

Targeter ad-supported sites are well entrenched to overcome economic-driven challenges while producing a respectable income infusion.

What in all Heavens was that crap I just poured out of my fingers????

I open my Facebook, and they’re “looking for 40+ years old gamers” (I don’t fit any of the two parameters) , they are desperate to hook me up with singles in my area ( even though I’m not looking for any kind of relation other than my iPod), They want me to buy Insurance from Ohio Insurance (even though I do not live in Ohio), and they want me to rent “The Notebook” from NetFlix (I HATE chick flicks – I’m more of a “Smoking Aces” kind of guy)

Is that “intelligent, profile-based advertising”?

No, that is Screw-The-Advertiser-With-Fake-Demographics-And-Illegaly-High-Prices-So-I-Can-Afford-A-New-Tesla ad strategy.

On the other hand, Online advertising, is WAY better than getting a call at 8:45 at night from Hyderabad, India, asking you to subscribe to Blockbuster

By: Mogilny

Mogilny — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:25:18 +0000

I just realized that if Yahoo-AOL deal and the Yahoo-Google ad deal go through, Google ads may eventually have access to 88% of all US search. Wow.

When people want to search they go to a search engine, when they want to over-share their personal life, they go on facebook. I don’t see over-sharers using this weak-sauce to search for anything.

By: robot

robot — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:22:58 +0000

I wonder if this is the culprit for Live Search to issue the following message and force me to enter a CAPTCHA phrase?

“Your search has triggered our robot detector. This happened because your search was similar to searches used by some automated computer programs. The robot detector helps keep our site quick, accurate, and reliable.

To continue your search, please enter the letters and numbers you see in the following picture into the text box, then click Continue.”

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » FacebookはLive Searchの存続に貢献できるのか

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By: Why Microsoft Should Buy ‘FriendsForSale’ App To Boost LiveSearch | tinyCrunch

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:04:03 +0000

[...] could keep the core affiliate business in tact to produce revenue out of the app, LiveSearch can just be an ever going points accumulator for those that use [...]

By: jason@tinycrunch

jason@tinycrunch — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:01:41 +0000

How does it benfit? It doesn’t. This is just a way to say to help their $250m investor make back some money. No one cares to search through Facebook. Their concept of having the web develop ‘within them’ by launching their developer platform is proof enough that people don’t like walled gardens. This falls right into that genre.

By: AMS

AMS — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:59:21 +0000

are the sponsored sites on the right advertisers from Live Search?
I tried a couple of searches on both and the sponsored sites were not exactly the same