Software engineers tend to spend a lot more time working out at the driving range than they do the putting green. Left on our own we'd all be working on stuff like 3D Birds Eye navigation or robotic building modeling ; doing a local search for a coffee...

Continuing on with our “Do what I mean, not what I say”, blog post from last time, here are some additional categories we tackled with this initiative. Equivalencies “We do really badly on the query ca chp ” a coworker complained in one email. “Ca chp...

Yes, that's an odd title, let me explain. We've been working on returning the very best search results for your intent , not just for the particular search terms that you happen to have chosen as a vehicle to transmit that intent. There's an important...

On Monday the 15 th we also released a number of updates for our Live Search Mobile products , including: Voice input and gas prices in Live Search for Windows Mobile, A new beta for BlackBerry devices, and Improved mapping and directions in browser-based...

On Monday we announced a new service that brings the power of local search to any phone-and lets you access it just by speaking. Think about all the times you need to find quick local information: you're driving home from work and need make reservations...

It’s no surprise to anyone who uses the Web that shopping is one of the leading online activities. Many people use the Internet to research their next purchase or buy products online. We’re here to help you find the product information you care about...

In building 88 on Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, WA there is a small, but growing group of us that think about relevance constantly. We eat, live and breathe ideas and technology that makes our relevance better. Having worked on this release for...

We want to welcome some new folks to the Live Search family - we recently purchased a company called Jellyfish.com , based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jellyfish has done some really innovative work in comparative shopping engines. We think the technology has...