Comments on: Microsoft To Show Search Engine Users The Money http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/ The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: 李强(中国） http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-20567 李强(中国） Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:24:08 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-20567 看了大家的讨论很兴奋！希望公司的所以朋友新年快乐！ 看了大家的讨论很兴奋！希望公司的所以朋友新年快乐！

]]> By: Matt Bennett http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-14421 Matt Bennett Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:43:03 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-14421 This sounds, well... IMPOSSIBLE! You know how many "bots" would take advantage of this? I don't care how much money M$ has, it would bankrupt any search engine... even if it is mere "pennies" This sounds, well… IMPOSSIBLE!
You know how many “bots” would take advantage of this? I don’t care how much money M$ has, it would bankrupt any search engine… even if it is mere “pennies”

]]> By: More Clicks of the Week | steve-olson.com http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-14361 More Clicks of the Week | steve-olson.com Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:45:53 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-14361 [...] Microsoft To Show Search Engine Users The Money by John Chow. Microsoft may pay you to search. [...] [...] Microsoft To Show Search Engine Users The Money by John Chow. Microsoft may pay you to search. [...]

]]> By: colby http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-13166 colby Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:50:36 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-13166 It still comes down to what works and what doesn't. If time is money than I would go with the tools that don't burn up my time and cause stress...these would also be the same tools I would recommend to clients/family/friends. Getting paid is a small part of the equation. As far as giving away free software, MS is behind the curve and I agree - this sounds like envy speaking; However, MS usually does take awhile to charge back, by version 4.0 :), but when they do it's in force and the market often changes around them. Google's appears to already include the free software strategy - looking to give more value back to the online world. Just open an account with them and see what is available, at this point in time, I'm using Gmail (they just added POP), Documents/Spreadsheets (better than Word IMO, especially for collaborating), Analytics(which used to cost an arm and a leg with anyone else), etc. So I would argue that users are benefitting from the Google model more than the MS model of late, as they still always have the option NOT to click on an advertisement, or NOT to take them up on free software and pay Microsoft instead - which would you choose if the tools were relatively the same? It still comes down to what works and what doesn’t. If time is money than I would go with the tools that don’t burn up my time and cause stress…these would also be the same tools I would recommend to clients/family/friends. Getting paid is a small part of the equation.

As far as giving away free software, MS is behind the curve and I agree - this sounds like envy speaking; However, MS usually does take awhile to charge back, by version 4.0 :), but when they do it’s in force and the market often changes around them.

Google’s appears to already include the free software strategy - looking to give more value back to the online world. Just open an account with them and see what is available, at this point in time, I’m using Gmail (they just added POP), Documents/Spreadsheets (better than Word IMO, especially for collaborating), Analytics(which used to cost an arm and a leg with anyone else), etc.

So I would argue that users are benefitting from the Google model more than the MS model of late, as they still always have the option NOT to click on an advertisement, or NOT to take them up on free software and pay Microsoft instead - which would you choose if the tools were relatively the same?

]]> By: Robert http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12955 Robert Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:34:34 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12955 It might help Microsoft in the short term, but if they are trying to get people to use their new Live search it won't work for long, it is just to slow and clunky. The beauty of Google is that it is simple and just damn fast. You will rarely, if ever, see those two words to describe any Microsoft product. Besides people really, really like Google and it has been shown that even Microsoft's own employees use Google more than anything else for searching. It might help Microsoft in the short term, but if they are trying to get people to use their new Live search it won’t work for long, it is just to slow and clunky. The beauty of Google is that it is simple and just damn fast. You will rarely, if ever, see those two words to describe any Microsoft product.

Besides people really, really like Google and it has been shown that even Microsoft’s own employees use Google more than anything else for searching.

]]> By: Rich From Your Home http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12951 Rich From Your Home Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:20:35 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12951 It depends... If Microsoft was only giving pennies back to me, I probably wouldn't care. If the profit sharing turned out to be significant, I definitely would use their search. It depends…

If Microsoft was only giving pennies back to me, I probably wouldn’t care. If the profit sharing turned out to be significant, I definitely would use their search.

]]> By: Pedro Pais http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12914 Pedro Pais Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:28:09 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12914 Why not? If MS really payed users to search using their engine the steps I'd take: 1 - Try to find the info I needed using MSN 2 - Profit 2 (plan B) - In case I didn't find what I intended, google it. Why not? If MS really payed users to search using their engine the steps I’d take:
1 - Try to find the info I needed using MSN
2 - Profit
2 (plan B) - In case I didn’t find what I intended, google it.

]]> By: StrangeProgress http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12874 StrangeProgress Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:59:11 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12874 Gates is all talk. They *might* one day go through with it, but personally such rewards as fine Microsoft products *ahem*, or a small amount of money, would not convince me to switch to an inferior search engine, which takes longer to locate what I am looking for. Gates is all talk. They *might* one day go through with it, but personally such rewards as fine Microsoft products *ahem*, or a small amount of money, would not convince me to switch to an inferior search engine, which takes longer to locate what I am looking for.

]]> By: Sunny http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12848 Sunny Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:37:43 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12848 I think this is a smart move for MSN. This may enabled MSN to catch up with Google. I think this is a smart move for MSN. This may enabled MSN to catch up with Google.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12842 David Mackey Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:09:05 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/microsoft-to-show-search-engine-users-the-money/#comment-12842 Absolutely. I'd switch in a blink. I'd still use the best search for work, but on my own time, I'd use theirs. I already am using Moola's quite regularly b/c of the opportunity to win money - but its gotta be a good incentive to really catch me. My personal search preference is Wink, but they don't offer me any returns. Absolutely. I’d switch in a blink. I’d still use the best search for work, but on my own time, I’d use theirs. I already am using Moola’s quite regularly b/c of the opportunity to win money - but its gotta be a good incentive to really catch me. My personal search preference is Wink, but they don’t offer me any returns.

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