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MSN: First With RSS Search

MSN Search can now claim to be the first search engine which lets you search for RSS feeds and sites with RSS feeds specifically with its regular search engine. Robin Good reports that you can now use feed: to search for RSS feeds (whether they contain the filetype of .rss, .xml, .atom, .feed or even virtual URIs, like this blog’s /feed) and use hasfeed: to locate pages with feeds on them.

Examples:

Where’s Google and Yahoo?
(via Brad Hill)

September 1st, 2005 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Google, Yahoo, Search, MSN, Blogs, General | 5 comments



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5 Comments »

  1. That’s a good step for MSN.

    I use www.opmlsearch.com.

    William

    Comment by William Lefkovics | September 2, 2005

  2. Un articolo dedicato ad IMHO.

    Stamane, mentre valutavo la nuova feature di MSN, che permette
    di cercare nei feed online, sono incappato…

    Trackback by radicalmente | September 2, 2005

  3. Un articolo dedicato ad IMHO.

    Trackback by Di .NET e di altre amenita' | September 2, 2005

  4. MSN Search: First With RSS Search

    According to Nathan Weinberg, MSN Search can now claim to be the first search engine that allows you to search specifically for RSS feeds and sites with RSS feeds through it’s regular search engine.

    Trackback by MicrosoftBlog.com | September 2, 2005

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