Live Messenger vs. Google (Round 2)
Ok, seriously?
Live Search, keywords: Live Messenger
Google Search, keywords: Live Messenger
Goal: to download Windows Live Messenger.
With minimal keywords, Live Search failed to give me satisfactory results: the first result is almost completely off, second result is satisfactory although the displayed url throws things off with ‘addyahoo’ at the end, and the remaining top hits are rubbish.
With the same keywords, Google got it right on the first hit. It even provided sub-results for it, including a direct link to the Download page. The following top hits are also close if not correct.
Seriously, Microsoft? Is this the search engine you are trying to use to take back the web? Sure, I could have searched for “Windows Live Messenger” instead, but shouldn’t your search engine recognize your own product even if I miss the “Windows” in it? Google not only found the product, it guessed correctly that I was trying to download it. Sometimes I wonder if Google reads my mind, but then I realize that that’s sillytalk.
Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft is even using their own products to test their search engine.
