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Kumo.com the new name of Live search?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

According to a story at Search Engine Land this morning Microsoft may be considering rebranding Live Search to Kumo.com Read Search Engine Land’s story or follow the discussion at Techmeme Kumo though?  Google, Yahoo, and Kumo?  Not sure I like it, of course as a Yahoo shareowner I will still hoping for the name to [...]

Google controls 70% of Searches

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

According to an article posted at Search Engine Journal, Google controlled over 70% of the US searches for the month of July. Yahoo followed in second with around 18% of the search volume. Live and Ask.com carried around 3-5% of the search traffic. Read the full article at the Search Engine Journal.

Live’s New Interactive Look

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Microsoft’s Live Search unveiled a new interactive redesign The new design features an interactive background images that will, “enhance users’ sense of discovery, surprise, and delight while balancing engineering realities for a great user experience.” The background image features hotspots that allow users to discover new parts of the Live search. Right now the image [...]