Almost Anything Web & Graphic Design » microsoft http://www.almost-anything.com.au Website design, graphic design and signwriting Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:30:05 +0000 en hourly 1 Microsoft set to launch new search engine http://www.almost-anything.com.au/2009/05/microsoft-set-to-launch-new-search-engine/ http://www.almost-anything.com.au/2009/05/microsoft-set-to-launch-new-search-engine/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 07:37:14 +0000 Jason http://www.almost-anything.com.au/?p=1200 According to today’s Sydney Morning Herald, Microsoft is about to launch a new search engine, called Kumo.

The [Wall Street] Journal said Kumo is designed to cut down on the length of typical web searches by grouping the results into categories.

A search for a particular model of car, for example, would be separated into categories like parts, used car listings, online discussion forums and videos showing the vehicle, it said.

Sounds like an interesting idea – but I think it will take something substantial to wrestle away the grip that Google has on the search landscape.

Time will tell… Will anyone care?

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