Microsoft plans to compete with Internet search leaders Google and Yahoo when it unveils its own search technology later this year.
At first, Microsoft plans to use its new technology only for Internet searches based on relevance, replacing Inktomi, now owned by rival Yahoo! Inc. Microsoft will continue to work with Overture Services, another Yahoo subsidiary, for the paid listings that run alongside regular search results.
Microsoft also is gradually unveiling a news search product, called NewsBot, similar to Google’s news offering, which uses software to sort news stories based on relevance. Other technologies being developed include BlogBot, to search Web journals, and AnswerBot to better answer questions posed in plain English.
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