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T0PS3O
Jun 16th 2004, 11:25 am
Just found an MSN Search Referral in our logs. Looking at it I see an interesting feature which I hadn't seen at any other SE before.

http://search.msn.com/preview.aspx?&q=digital%20point

I know these thumbnails have been done before but not as part of search. Not sure how it would benefit someone searching though... Wonder if it will be a main part of their search... Prolly not I guess.

Anyone seen this MSN Search Feature drop by your site?

Or has it been there for ages and am I just too shortsighted with my use of mainly Google :confused:
digitalpoint
Jun 16th 2004, 11:28 am
It's a partnership with Girafa that has been around for a couple years now:

http://www.girafa.com/index.acr?c=2&p=4
T0PS3O
Jun 16th 2004, 11:30 am
Right! Thought it might have been the case. Just never seen it drop by before.
NewComputer
Jun 16th 2004, 12:13 pm
Okay, so now I have to know why my site does not have a thumbnail for its photo. Anyone know?
Help Desk
Jun 16th 2004, 1:38 pm
Doesn't Alexa take images also?
younghistorians
Jun 16th 2004, 1:44 pm
Doesn't Alexa take images also?

Yeah, they do.


And yes, ive seen the MSN bot drop by my site in the last couple of days.
anthonycea
Jun 17th 2004, 1:31 pm
Gate's is determined to make a run at search, this looks like a good feature, it will be a slugfest in the search engine wars down the road.

M$, IBM, Google, Yahoo and a lot of other players in the trade.

M$ has a great advantage since they control 90% of the PC users OS.

Google is rushing to get into other businesses and extend search to mobile devices (wireless phones) they know they will be attacked in common search.

Or you could call it commodity search, it will become a commodity like electric.