I think Google's gonna get some competition from MSN Search

I just did a quick comparision of Google Search with msn

Search Google for pied piper

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pied+piper&btnG=Google+Search

Now try that search on MSN

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=pied+piper&go=&form=QBRE

I was Impressed.

MSN's got something going here.


It's actually faster then Google and gives pretty decent results.

I think the problem which Google is facing is they want to show that PageRank to the people, which just about everybody now knows how to manipulate.

 

i think msn can't hit google

 

Msn Search will never be as good as Google. They don't even come close.

 

I dont like msn search, it shows too many results from the same url's. For example that search above, shows 3 duplicate pages, only 7 unique urls. Usually its even worse. http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=football&form=QBRE only 4 unique url's.

 

Yeah, that WAS fast! I also like the "related searches" column. That is also nice to see. You're right, I think they do have something here!

The bigger you are, the harder you fall.

 

Msn has so much work to do to get close let alone beat google.

 

msn relies to much on meta tags. Google has a much more advanced algorithm.

 

What are u talking about

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=football&form=QBRE

9 Unique URLs out of 10 -

Same search on Google

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=football&btnG=Search

9 Unique Urls

without the Intro Football heading.

I mean it didn't use to be like this, I think they did something.

Look at their homepage,

www.live.com

it's new

 

Google doesnt have any competition with msn.

 

Um I don't think so. I'd worry about Yahoo before google if I were them.

 

Its geo-targetting results - I'm in UK so I am seeing different from you.

 

Seems MSN does have a nice little thing going thier

Whats life without a little competition

 

Doubt MSN will be much of a threat, their software are too buggy!

 

i dont think that msn can become a competitor to google but i agree with youy that google search quality is decreasing

 

MSN is no where near Google. They need to improve their algo first to get relevant and better results. For one of my keyword the page from some website is ranking ahead which is showing 404 and its there since last 2 months. I mean they r too slow to crawl.

 

I only wish it did beat google. I am #1 on MSN but only in the 20's on google.

 

MSN Have the ability to outrank google but they have to work lot on their search results, brand establishment and loyal surfers. Not seeming this happening.

 

MSN is the worst search engine I ever seen. Also, MSN bots are the laziest bots ever.
I have 204.000 pages indexed in Google, 64000 indexed in Yahoo and 1(ONE) in MSN.
How could this be possible?

 

My sites are ranked #1 for my main keyword in both Google and MSN. I get 80% traffic from Google and only 10% from MSN. (local language).
MSN has a looong way to go.

 

Most people do not even notice pagerank in the Google Toolbar.....and Pagerank has little if nothing to do with rankings