Live Search
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Live Search is Microsoft's internet search engine. It allows you to search for web pages, images, news, academic sites, feeds and more by entering keywords. Also, learn more about how live search integrates into Vista and Internet Explorer.
Visit the official blog of the Live Search team at Microsoft
Live Search is the name of Microsoft's web search engine, and is also known as Windows Live Search and MSN Search.
Live Search is integrated into the majority of Microsoft's website, such as the Live.com and MSN.co.nz web portals, providing a quick, easy, and intuitive way to find the information you are after.
Live search offers comprehensive filters to allow to only search for web pages, images, news, academic sites, feeds and more. For example, an image search for "cats" allows you to shortlist images to a scratchpad, limit results to a specific animal, and toggle the size of thumbnail images to suit your screen.
It also offers some innovative features, such as
The Live Search Gadget can be used in the Windows Vista Sidebar, allowing you to search directly from your desktop. The search results also appear within the gadget. You can also configure the gadget to limit results to specific sites, or topic of interest.
The search box at the top right of Internet Explorer 7 can also be set to integrate into Windows Live Search. By visiting this url and selecting Live Search, you can have a powerful search tool right at your fingertips.
The Windows live toolbar also provides a Live Search direct from your web browser. More details on the toolbar can be found on the Microsoft NZ Digital Life site here
Stay up to date with new features as they come out, by visiting the official Live Search development team's blog.
Live Search is integrated into the majority of Microsoft's website, such as the Live.com and MSN.co.nz web portals, providing a quick, easy, and intuitive way to find the information you are after.
Live search offers comprehensive filters to allow to only search for web pages, images, news, academic sites, feeds and more. For example, an image search for "cats" allows you to shortlist images to a scratchpad, limit results to a specific animal, and toggle the size of thumbnail images to suit your screen.
It also offers some innovative features, such as
- the ability to view additional results from within a search results page
- a list of related searches to help you clarify your searches
- the ability to dynamically adjust the amount of information displayed for each search-result.
- Users who are signed in can also save searches and see them updated automatically on their Live.com homepage
Live Search Gadget
The Live Search Gadget can be used in the Windows Vista Sidebar, allowing you to search directly from your desktop. The search results also appear within the gadget. You can also configure the gadget to limit results to specific sites, or topic of interest.
Internet Explorer 7 and Live Search
The search box at the top right of Internet Explorer 7 can also be set to integrate into Windows Live Search. By visiting this url and selecting Live Search, you can have a powerful search tool right at your fingertips.
The Windows Live Toolbar
The Windows live toolbar also provides a Live Search direct from your web browser. More details on the toolbar can be found on the Microsoft NZ Digital Life site here
Live Search Blog
Stay up to date with new features as they come out, by visiting the official Live Search development team's blog.
