searchengineland.com - 3/3/2009
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Like many others, I saw the mention that came out on LiveSide earlier today about Microsoft’s new search interface and potential “Kumo” brand change. Now we, along with others , have received an internal memo about the changes along with some further screenshots Before jumping in, let’s talk ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 3/3/2009
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kara.allthingsd.com —
Here are two screenshots of Microsoft’s new search
product called Kumo. The upgrade to its Live Search...
product is being tested for a public rollout later this year. (Click on the images to make them larger.)
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A Sneak Peek Look at Microsoft’s New Kumo
news.cnet.com - 3/3/2009
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news.cnet.com —
As I noted earlier on Monday, Microsoft plans
to start internal testing later this week of Kumo,...
the rebranded version of Live Search. Now I have a screenshot to share. Also, here's the text of an e-mail that search executive Satya Nadella just ...
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First screenshot of Microsoft's Kumo
businessinsider.com - 3/3/2009
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businessinsider.com —
Kara Swisher's Microsoft spies have been good enough
to send her the Kumo search memo from Satya...
Nadella. Satya asks his comrades to help test Microsoft's new search service, codenamed Kumo (screenshots here ). Kara has the full, ...
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Microsoft Kumo: Doomed
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NAQ: What is Kumo, and will I want to use it?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... "I really doubt that will be the final name," wrote SearchEngineLand's Danny Sullivan, "If only for the lukewarm reaction it gained when that rumour first came out." ...
Reaction: Microsoft Testing New Search Features: Code Name Kumo
Search Engine Roundtable —
... ? Code name, Kumo. I am not going to show screen shots, that has been done all over the web already. I would suggest reading Danny Sullivan's break down of screens and features. I want to share the reaction from the webmaster from ...
Microsoft Search Engine - Looks like Bing, not Kumo
SEO and Tech Daily —
... is breaking some of the news a little early.
In an article revealed a short time ago on the web (dated tomorrow ??!!), AdAge discusses an 80 million dollar advertising campaign to be orchestrated by JWT for Microsoft's new search engine ...... Bing.
Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan, among others, have had Bing on their list of potential names for Microsoft's upcoming new product.
While screenshots of Kumo did leak in early March, Sullivan commented "I really doubt that will be the final name". (Numerous screen ...
Here Comes a Wave of Microsoft Search Advertising
ReadWriteWeb —
... What will it look like? SearchEngineLand has covered testing of Kumo extensively and has screenshots. Thankfully, they aren't super ugly; they look nice and simple, in fact. There's no indication that Kumo/Bing/Whatever will include search of additional things like Mesh storage or locations your car with Microsoft software in it has driven past. That could be cool. ...
Is the new Microsoft Search ready to rumble?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... characters are used). Sift was another suggestion. Kumo emerged as the front runner, and in November, I blogged that: "LiveSide, an independent site that tracks all things Microsoft Live, says: Microsoft takes control of Kumo.com domain – watch out for the Live Search rebrand." By March, Microsoft staff were using Kumo in-house, and Bobbie posted an item, What is Kumo, and will I want to use it? However, as he noted, SearchEngineLand's Danny Sullivan didn't think that would be the final name. In an article headlined ...
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businessinsider.com 3/10/2009 —
"Real time search" services like search.twitter.com may be all the rage among tech pundits these days, but there's one place you shouldn't expect to see the technology deployed: Microsoft's (MSFT) soon-to-be-relaunched search engine Kumo (or ...
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news.cnet.com 3/3/2009 —
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This is the Microsoft I want to see
venturebeat.com 3/2/2009 — People sometimes ask me why I dislike Microsoft. The answer is simple: I don’t — I’ve just been disappointed with much of what it has done in the past decade.
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Microsoft To Rebrand Search. Will It Be Kumo?
techcrunch.com 11/24/2008 — Microsoft will relaunch Windows Live Search under a new brand sometime early next year, says a source within the company. What we don’t know is what that new brand will be, although a few names have been thrown around. According to our source, ...
Yahoo tells Microsoft to keep any talks private —
SFGate: Technology 3/3/2009
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said any talks with Microsoft about a search partnership should be done privately, leveling thinly veiled criticism at her rival's high-profile takeover bid last year. Bartz, who took Yahoo's reins seven weeks ago, said Tuesday ...
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