Comments on: MSN Terminating Bell Sympatico Portal Deal in Canada?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:11:48 +0000

Mhhhhh…
Heard that MSN is heading for a wide search industry plan in the coming months. And its much awaited new search platform ‘kumo’ is cooking in the cauldrons. There is a lot to expect but it remains to be seen how effective Kumo would be, especially when it is a Microsoft product

By: Bianca

Bianca — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:59:28 +0000

Talking of deals there is one deal that everyone is eagerly waiting for, the MSN Yahoo deal! Wonder when that is going to happen.

By: Alonso

Alonso — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:49:16 +0000

Well I am not sure how much actual “innovation” there is with Kumo. Haven’t heard about any algorithmic alteration that can deliver a better search experience. More of a rebranding exercise it looks to me. And for rumours about MSN going to buy out Sympatico portal, it is a smart move with Kumo getting ready in the background.

By: Dimitry

Dimitry — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:30:51 +0000

That’s innovation in action from MSN it seems. From what I’ve read about Kumo there is a lot to watch out for. Maybe a bit late in coming when compared to Google but guess it’s better late than never. And I am not surprised that Kumo in Japanese means cloud!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:53:52 +0000

Gee, great news! I haven’t been confronted with any such news so far. What you said might be the exact reason -to give extensive support to their new search platform ‘Kumo’. Whatever be the games, will Microsoft can outpace search market percent of Google (according to recent stats its more than 60%)or Yahoo(currently 21%). Microsoft trails with 8.5 percent.