With VeriSigns new SiteFinder tool now in action, I decided to check if
Microsoft?s "smart search" using the MSN technology was still working properly.
For reference to Microsoft?s smart search read this article.
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2164691
By default when you install Internet Explorer 5.5 and up you have smart search
installed and set active. What this does is if you go to a nonexistent
website, like www.aamazon.com you would be shown a list of possible sites you
may be interested in. This is just like what VeriSign is doing, only at the
browser level. It also allows you to search from your address bar instead of
using a search engine, or 3rd party browser attachment.
From my tests Microsoft?s smart search no longer works, but Sitefinder looks so
simular to Microsofts smart search that most users will not notice a change.
My questions are, has anyone else tested this and seen the same results, and
has Microsoft has done anything in retaliation to this, or filed any compliants.
Microsoft?s "smart search" using the MSN technology was still working properly.
For reference to Microsoft?s smart search read this article.
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2164691
By default when you install Internet Explorer 5.5 and up you have smart search
installed and set active. What this does is if you go to a nonexistent
website, like www.aamazon.com you would be shown a list of possible sites you
may be interested in. This is just like what VeriSign is doing, only at the
browser level. It also allows you to search from your address bar instead of
using a search engine, or 3rd party browser attachment.
From my tests Microsoft?s smart search no longer works, but Sitefinder looks so
simular to Microsofts smart search that most users will not notice a change.
My questions are, has anyone else tested this and seen the same results, and
has Microsoft has done anything in retaliation to this, or filed any compliants.
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