So, now that you’ve (a) provisioned a Live Search Box for your site, and (b) updated it with a cool look and feel , you are finally ready to build the search query of your dreams. Back in the old days, search boxes generally gave you two options: (1)...

We’ve just posted an article on dev.live.com that looks at a few simple hacks you can do with the Live Search Box, to change its look and feel . You can use these hacks to make the search box fit better into the design of your site. List of hacks: Applying...

(And, yes, it supports Firefox too!) Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of the Live Search Box , to bring the power of search to your Web site or blog through a cool widget. Check it out: When the user enters a query, the search box dynamically...

We are excited to announce that Cornell University has joined our Book Search initiative. Like all of our library scanning partnerships, the Cornell project will focus on scanning books in the public domain. Cornell and Microsoft will be teaming with...

Now that Zach’s given you the user-friendly introduction to how macros work, let me take you on a tour of the gears and inner workings that we expose in our advanced syntax. These operators allow you to do some really interesting things with macros. A...