MSN Search Adds Baseball Instant Answers
The MSN Search weblog announces that they have enabled instant answers for baseball, with scores and stats from Fox Sports and STATS, Inc. Search “baseball” for scores and schedules, “baseball april 16” for the scores from that day, “new york mets” for a team’s latest box score and season record (win some games!), and “jose reyes” for a player’s vital statistics. I would recommend MSN implement division standings and league leaders, as well as an RSS feed for these answers. They also work for the NBA, but not for much longer, and would work for the NHL if it existed any more.
[…] The MSN Search blog reports that they’ve added about a million new instant answers, those fact boxes that appear atop search results, giving you quick access to good facts about whatever you’re searching for. The new boxes include more baseball and new football statistics, weather facts and stats, info on government officials, and major holidays. […]
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