Microsoft Beta Search

Microsoft Beta Search - A Review

The best thing about the new Microsoft Beta Search is a set of features absent from Google. Especially nice is the ability to get actual answers -- not just Web links -- when you enter fact-based queries. Microsoft draws these answers from its Encarta encyclopedia, including lots of material that was formerly provided only to paid subscribers.

For instance, I typed "birth Mahatma Gandhi" into MSN, and was given his birth date on top of the usual long list of Web results. The same query typed into Google yielded no direct information.

I also got quick answers from MSN to questions like "population of Coimbatore" and "GDP of India".

Like Google, the new MSN Search now has a calculator built into its search box. You can enter math problems, equations and weight-and-measure conversions, and get quick answers. MSN also lets you see a cached version of the Web pages it finds, as Google does. But MSN still doesn't match some of Google's neatest tricks, such as showing a map when you type in an address or a name when you type in a phone number.

Verdict: Google is still the best, but Microsoft has arrived!!

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