MSN Search

Microsoft have a technology preview of their new MSN search engine. The litmus test is, of course, searching for "ross burton".

The good news: top hit is the root of my blog. However, so are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th... In fact all but five of the results in the first five pages are from my site, and those others are all pages from the Burton (the snowboarding people) web site. Amusingly, they have shown me the index pages from every day I've blogged on.

Why not see for yourself how well Google searches for "Ross Burton", compared to Microsoft's new engine. Thank you Google for More results from www.burtonini.com!

14:08 Thursday, 01 Jul 2004 [#] [computers] (6 comments)

Posted by Ralph Aichinger at Thu Jul 1 14:29:05 2004:
Oh my gosh! Just try a search for "Fuck". I am really glad Microsoft is so concerned about me!
Posted by Darren Winsper at Thu Jul 1 14:30:21 2004:
It appears to have broken already.
Posted by Tarmo Tänav at Thu Jul 1 14:35:47 2004:
It classifies "xfree86" as likely to return adult content, "xorg" on the other hand works fine.
Posted by Ross at Thu Jul 1 14:38:17 2004:
It's been pointed out to me that "wanker" is a MS-approved Non Swear Word.
Posted by Conrad S. at Thu Jul 1 16:46:56 2004:
Another amusing Google hit:

For 15 years, Ross Burton has gently guided all types of women through the colourful and sometimes intimidating world of makeup.
Posted by karen at Fri Jul 2 12:03:27 2004:
i like

"Lancôme makeup artist Ross Burton teaches a master class on how
to fix the dry, flaky skin that often occurs under acne"

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