Search engine race gets personal

Iria · Aug 14, 2005, 07:47 PM

With more than eight billion pages to choose from, the web has plenty of places to visit.

Getting us to come back to any one site on a regular basis is certainly a tall order, but that is exactly what some of the web's big players want us to do.

Google, Yahoo and MSN are just some of the companies which would love us to make them our homepage.

After a year of trying to impress us with enormous e-mail accounts - Gmail is still constantly upping the amount of storage you get with an account - the big hitters are now hoping to dazzle us with increasingly glamorous products.

It is a very exciting time, says MSN's Stuart Anderson.
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Read More / Source: BBC News

Aug 14, 2005, 07:47 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Search engine race gets personal With more than eight billion pages to choose from, the web has plenty of places to visit. Getting us to come back to any one site on a regular basis is certainly a tall order, but that is exactly what some of the web's big players want us to do. Google, Yahoo and MSN are just some of the companies which would love us to make them our homepage. After a year of trying to impress us with enormous e-mail accounts - Gmail is still constantly upping the amount of storage you get with an account - the big hitters are now hoping to dazzle us with increasingly glamorous products. It is a very exciting time, says MSN's Stuart Anderson. __________ Read More / Source: BBC News