it depends on how it can be integrated with other things, Googles success had alot to do with its nice clean page and high relevency
for image search, i would prefer live over google, but for the rest of the web search, google is far ahead, and it won't be easy for live to catch up!
live image search is better than google, i use live for it. especially concept of scratch pad make it easier for storing fav images on the fly. search results are also good. but they have less database of websites. introduction of live is a blow to mainly yahoo. its share in the search engine market will go down. in few years i think google and live become direct major competetors.
They will have to mak a lot more commercials. Bill's gonna have to step up and make some real shit so microsoft can get some respect. ....Edit.... Take it how you will. Open Source items are beating the shit out of the crap that Microsoft does it's funny.
its tough to say really...i perfer google but live has some better benifits......so i will say not yet but time will tell
No, they won't beat Google, but they don't need to - developing a quality alternative with a loyal following and over 25% of the search market would be enough. Oh yeah, and one that sells me their traffic cheaper From what I've seen their SERPs are still not good enough to do that - I saw one of my own affiliate links pop up in a place even I thought was all wrong. But they're a lot better than they used to be.
live and msn search sucks they show good results only for non competitive keyword. This is not about company or anything else. This is all about results. whose gonna give the better results is going rule. Live results just sucks... GOOGLE RULES .....
i bet that MSN will overtake google in search engine market.I'm already switch to MSN live search.I think it's more eye-catching and i'm like that.Maybe around 5 years from now or maybe later.Google is holding he market now,but it is possible to decreased.In business,it's like a wheel.Sometimes you in the top,and sometimes you will flop.
i think Live is far from beating google. From my experience as a SEO, live or msn is very prone to spamming and can be easily manipulated without even building links.