MSN's RSS feed

[johnt]

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050110-105100

MSN is now putting out its search results in RSS format. If you look at the source code of any SERPs page in MSN beta ( or normal now that they seem to have taken beta live, at least in the UK ) there's a div with id rss_format which they are currently using CSS to hide.
If you append "&format=rss" to any query string you will see the feed.

I guess that this is MS's answer to Google's API, 'cause it will allow them to plug MSN search capabillity into any new application / OS they produce. Very clever of them, and unusually standards compliant ;)

John

[dejaone]

RSS and web service are the future of the search technology

[roadies]

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050110-105100

MSN is now putting out its search results in RSS format. If you look at the source code of any SERPs page in MSN beta ( or normal now that they seem to have taken beta live, at least in the UK ) there's a div with id rss_format which they are currently using CSS to hide.
If you append "&format=rss" to any query string you will see the feed.

I guess that this is MS's answer to Google's API, 'cause it will allow them to plug MSN search capabillity into any new application / OS they produce. Very clever of them, and unusually standards compliant ;)

John

Wow! Seriously, just wow...

And...it's about time!

[Help Desk]

How is Microsoft going to make money from providing this service. Is this just going to a complementary service to the normal portal? This is much easier to use than Google's API. Perhaps all search engines will start allowing this. This has vast impacts.

HEY DIGITALPOINT! I would like to hear your thoughts on this.