Well, it used to be said that MSN’s LiveSearch was the easiest search engine to get a high placement for your keywords. That simply may not be true anymore. It appears that LiveSearch has recently updated their algorithm and the results are pretty impressive.
The entire goal, obviously, is to produce more relevant results than Google. Did they succeed? I think they did. At least in the half a dozen search terms I queried, their first page of results was much more focused than the first page of Google’s results.
Based on past product launches, I think Google should start getting concerned. Microsoft has never come out with a stellar product from day one. However, they have a very good history of upgrading their products. Once upgraded, they seem to go from underdog to wiping out the competition in a minimal amount of time. Will it happen in the search engine arena? Only time will tell, but I wouldn’t count this dog out of the hunt just yet …