[plug] ms search comedy

Timothy White weirdo at tigris.org
Fri Nov 12 19:46:31 WST 2004


Nathan D wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:51:00 +0800 (WST), Shayne O'Neill <s at g.m.e.a> wrote:
> 
>>Go to http://beta.search.msn.com
>>
>>and type in "best operating system"
>>
>>#1 Debian
>>
>>microsoft isnt even in the first page of the search.
>>sun is, linux is , amigaos is ... no ms :)
> 
> 
> Is it just me, or does the initial search page and the first results
> page look very similar to google?  There is first the minimalistic
> google look and then sponsored ads on the results page.
> Why be original when you can copy somebody else? :o)
I can hardly believe that MS created this. It just appears so much like 
google. The cached page thing, the snipit, the coloured URL, the adds, 
the initial page. At least the search results are different.
Tim
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