Microsoft to Pay Business for Using Live Search

Iria · Mar 16, 2007, 06:38 PM

Source: BetaNews
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Microsoft is now offering to pay businesses through service or training credits if they get their employees to use its Live Search product at work. The amount of the payment would be based on the number of search queries served.

While many may view this as a sign of desperation from a company whose search share badly lags behind that of competitors Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is attempting to spin it in a different way.

calidan · Mar 16, 2007, 07:03 PM

I think this could companies in trouble if they started forcing people to use only a certain search engine because they get paid for it.

Mar 16, 2007, 06:38 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Microsoft to Pay Business for Using Live Search Source: BetaNews ________ Microsoft is now offering to pay businesses through service or training credits if they get their employees to use its Live Search product at work. The amount of the payment would be based on the number of search queries served. While many may view this as a sign of desperation from a company whose search share badly lags behind that of competitors Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is attempting to spin it in a different way.

Mar 16, 2007, 07:03 PM	#2
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 43 System Specs	I think this could companies in trouble if they started forcing people to use only a certain search engine because they get paid for it. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan