Navigate to the site to give it a try. Works pretty well. Nice way to search Wikipedia articles. Instead of just a keyword, you can search by phrases and sentences. Will be interesting to see how this may be incorporated with Live Search. BD
So what does this acquisition do for Microsoft’s search ambitions? Well it gives them a leg-up on Google, who were rumored to be trying to acquire Powerset for themselves, but as we’ve seen for several months now, Microsoft’s technology and relevance is already on-par with Google’s. The key aspect again comes back to marketing and conversion of users, something that no amount of technology acquisitions will solve quickly. Then again, Microsoft looks like its in it for the long-term, and is now starting to get out of 1st gear.
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