Most searched term on Microsoft's Live Search is... "google"

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Most-searched term on Microsoft's live search is ... 'Google'


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Microsoft's Live Search revamp apparently cannot come soon enough. Hitwise data shows that the most commonly searched term on Live Search over the last four weeks has been 'Google', accounting for 1% of all queries. Number two? 'Yahoo'.
Granted, many people who go to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to search are hoping to go elsewhere too. Or maybe they are flat-out confused. 'Google' is the 10th-most searched term on Google itself (!)
More after the jump, including the top five search queries for Yahoo, Google and Microsoft.
Yet the percentage of searchers who obviously want to get away is greatest on Live Search. 'Yahoo', 'Google', 'Google.com' and 'Yahoo.com' searches together account for about 2.7% of all queries on Live Search, while 'Yahoo', 'Yahoo.com' and 'Google' queries make up only 0.4% of all searches on Google. Similar queries account for about 1.4% of searches on Yahoo.
That appears to back up Microsoft's admission that it has not done a good enough job of convincing users why they should try its search engine. It also indicates that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) cannot simply buy market share by landing big distribution deals for Live Search. Yes, they will be more likely to land on the Live Search page, but they might just as likely to navigate away to the competition. A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company had no comment.
A Live Search overhaul is expected later this spring. The latest date being tossed around for the release is June 2, according to Liveside.net, when Microsoft's online services president Qi Lu is set to deliver the keynote address at the SMX Advanced search conference in Seattle.
Google
Craigslist (0.45%)
MySpace (0.41%)
Facebook (0.34%)
Yahoo Mail (0.24%)
Yahoo (0.22%)
Yahoo
MySpace (0.73%)
Google (0.66%)
Craigslist (0.59%)
Facebook (0.52%)
MySpace.com (0.42%)
Microsoft
Google (1.02%)
Yahoo (0.61%)
MySpace (0.53%)
Yahoo.com (0.48%)
Facebook (0.45%)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/...0/google-yahoo

[ka$h]

WTF is it with people who cannot type into the address bar? It really annoys me when some asks me a web address, I give them the correct address with .com or .co.uk or whatever and the first thing they do is fire up a search engine (usually google) and type in the address I gave them then click search! Looking at these results there doesn't seem to be anyone that can type in the address for such common sites like facebook or myspace. Is it really that difficult to type in a different box and add .com to the end?

[tombott]

WTF is it with people who cannot type into the address bar? It really annoys me when some asks me a web address, I give them the correct address with .com or .co.uk or whatever and the first thing they do is fire up a search engine (usually google) and type in the address I gave them then click search! Looking at these results there doesn't seem to be anyone that can type in the address for such common sites like facebook or myspace. Is it really that difficult to type in a different box and add .com to the end?

I'm with you on this one, but you have to be a bit thick to use M$ Live Search in the first place.

[ka$h]

I like their live maps over google maps but tbh google is normally my search engine (and browser) of choice

[Nikki]

why cant they use the address bar like most

[Over Carl]

I've met plenty of dumb cunts who don't understand typing stuff in the address bar - they just type in whatever search box presents itself. I'm guessing ms have probably made loads of software that automatically makes live search the default page but it won't change people from wanting google.

[Soulassassin]

I just type 'google' in the address bar and press Ctrl and Enter.

[turnerswfc]

Plenty of people type into the search engine just because they feel they trust it more than your own honest word of a web address.

It riles me here!!! What's the point asking if you're going to type it into google anyway! tut