Microsoft Launches New MSN Search

MSN Search is in beta no more. Microsoft has released the full version of their new MSN Search engine. Can it compete with Google though?

“The world’s largest software maker also revamped its MSN.com Web portal www.msn.com to make its search engine more prominent and also tweaked the site’s content and advertising to remove clutter, said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s vice president in charge of content and services at the MSN Internet division. “

If you wanna compete with Google, you have to offer something new and fresh. We think Microsoft might just have the ingredients. Users of the new MSN search engine will be able to get definitions, calculations, geographical and historical information by putting a question in the search box. MSN Search uses Microsoft’s Encarta encyclopedia and other resources to answer the questions.

Read more about the announcement at Reuters