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MSN Search Adds 1 Million Instant Answers

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.

Examples:

president of russia
senator new york (not a great result)
kurt warner quarterback rating
carlos delgado walks
rainfall in seattle
high temperature in seattle
date passover
what is boxing day

January 18th, 2006 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Search, MSN, General | 3 comments



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3 Comments »

  1. It is like a DR.robot , help me on msn.
    Good Answers

    Comment by msn | January 20, 2006

  2. I have a question.
    When is Bill Gates going issue me a cheque from the 120 million he’s spending try to prop up his image.

    Comment by arti.fact | January 23, 2006

  3. Just Keep using Windows the cheque isnt in the mail.

    Comment by search me | January 24, 2006

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