Live SearchThe official blog of the Live Search team at MicrosoftLive Search cashback now live on eBay- June 12, 2008 Now all of eBay's "Buy it Now" offers will be eligible for cashback rewards. With eBay's expansive catalog of products, from jewelry to electronics, you'll start to see more cashback ads appearing in our search results. That means more ways for you to save. You'll see three primary differences between this user experience and other cashback user experiences: There's an eBay ad with a cashback gleam (the cashback icon in the image here). Instead of going into the Live Search cashback...http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/06/12/Live-Search-cashback-now-live-on-eBay.... Helping you Search AND Give- June 4, 2008 One of the most exciting developments we've had in the last year was the success of our inaugural Search and Give program where your queries helped to raise more than $250,000 for local schools and non-profits. Over the course of the year the program generated cash donations for more than 20,000 organizations ranging from schools to non-profits such as Doctors Without Borders and ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Today we've launched the latest version of...http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/06/04/helping-you-search-and-give.aspx Managing search engine access to your content- June 3, 2008 We at Live Search are pleased to announce another collaboration with Yahoo and Google aimed at making webmasters' lives easier. Webmasters have long used the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) to control how search engines access and display their content. The REP offers an easy and efficient way to communicate with search engines, and is currently used by millions of publishers worldwide. Over the past few years, we have been working with Yahoo and Google to agree on common ways for webmasters to.http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/06/03/managing-search-engine-access-to-your-... Finding the "page not found"- June 3, 2008 Has this ever happened to you You search online for information and click a promising link only to get an error page staring back at you: These generic 404 error pages leave you stranded, with no option but to click the back button and start over, or just give up altogether not very helpful. We thought about this problem and realized that we had all the pieces to offer something much more useful. We could help website owners create error pages that actually suggest help even if the...http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/06/03/finding-the-page-not-found.aspx Live Searchcoming to a toolbar near you- June 2, 2008 With todays HP announcement and the recent MSN toolbar release, I want to discuss our recent moves in the toolbar space. Overall, these distribution deals come down to three things: 1. Live Search is ready for primetime These types of deals require a search engine that can stand on its own, as we all know how easy it is to switch to another search engine. Sure, Live Search has room to improve, but were confident that when consumers now try Live Search theyll get relevant results, differentiated.http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/06/02/live-search-coming-to-a-toolbar-near-y... |