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MSN Introduces Dramatically Improved Redesign, Portal Drives Nearly 50% Of Bing Queries
Billed as the first major redesign in a decade, Microsoft has introduced a dramatic new look and feel for the MSN portal . The redesign simplifies and cleans up most elements on the site. Among other things, it makes video more central, incorporates Facebook and Twitter, creates a dedicated new ...
Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use
blog.seattlepi.com — Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in... September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore. (more) Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use
Clutter-Free, Twittified, Binged (and Also Apple-icious): The New MSN Homepage Debuts (Plus Screenshots and the Press Release
Clutter-Free, Twittified, Binged (and Also Apple-icious): The New MSN Homepage Debuts (Plus ...
kara.allthingsd.com — The new MSN homepage debuts tonight and you would be completely correct for thinking the recipe Microsoft... (MSFT) has cooked up to inform its design ethos–white, clean and hiply modern–has definite echoes of a certain longtime tech ... (more) Clutter-Free, Twittified, Binged (and Also ...
MSN Editorial gets behind Bing Video
msnblog.msn.com — Consume video with the power of MSN and Bing combined... (more) MSN Editorial gets behind Bing Video
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MSN Home Page Gets a Major Face Lift
Search Engine Roundtable — ... So much more refreshing! As Greg Sterling noted, the MSN portal drives nearly 50% of Bing queries - that is significant. The MSN Blog ...

New MSN’s Local Edition Trumps Papers
Screenwerk — ... I wrote about the MSN homepage relaunch at SEL last week. There I mentioned that there was extensive local content as part of a “ ...

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