Microsoft launches new search engine.
November 16, 2004 – 12:59 amMove over Google, Microsoft is making a big splash into the search business. Results are fresh, complete and relevant. Lately the search engine kings have, in my opinion, become complacent and arrogant. Google's index was months old for quite a while, now that it's more up-to-date it is still far from complete. Pages seem to get dropped for no apparent reason, making their directory quite useless. DMOZ, The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. Many of these editors are dedicated and devoted individuals; some of them are also arrogant and complacent. How they decide if your site is "worthy" of being added to the directory I don't know. I waited several months to get our site added to the local Asheville directory for Web Designers. I still have not been added to ...