Comments on: Microsoft to Become “More Disruptive in Search” http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html Internet Marketing News Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:17:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: T Bareham http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-73829 T Bareham Tue, 19 May 2009 20:04:01 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=10073#comment-73829 what i find utterly amazing is that the company responsible for the windows operating system (love it or hate it) is reduced to "throwing a bunch of ideas at a wall and seeing which ones stick" in the first place. what i find utterly amazing is that the company responsible for the windows operating system (love it or hate it) is reduced to “throwing a bunch of ideas at a wall and seeing which ones stick” in the first place.

]]> By: Terry Howard http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-73281 Terry Howard Mon, 11 May 2009 21:44:22 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=10073#comment-73281 Sigh.... When are they going to learn that the problem is they need to get BETTER at search. You would think after exhausting and failing at the the options of "getting worse", "spending more", "changing the name", "making the search page have big colorful pictures in the background" and "buying someone who has a clue" they would have come to the logical end that they need to actually develop a product that provides value for consumers over their competitors. No, instead they've decided they need to be "disruptive" and "try some new products that are going to be a disaster" (which I don't think is much a change from 90% of their entire company track record from a product development standpoint.) Facepalm... <em>Terry Howard's last blog post..<a href='http://www.terryhoward.net/2009/04/social-media-marketing.html' rel="nofollow">Social Media Marketing: Network Responsibly</a></em> Sigh…. When are they going to learn that the problem is they need to get BETTER at search. You would think after exhausting and failing at the the options of “getting worse”, “spending more”, “changing the name”, “making the search page have big colorful pictures in the background” and “buying someone who has a clue” they would have come to the logical end that they need to actually develop a product that provides value for consumers over their competitors. No, instead they’ve decided they need to be “disruptive” and “try some new products that are going to be a disaster” (which I don’t think is much a change from 90% of their entire company track record from a product development standpoint.)

Facepalm…

Terry Howard’s last blog post..Social Media Marketing: Network Responsibly

]]> By: » Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up 10 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-73233 » Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up 10 Sun, 10 May 2009 13:10:27 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=10073#comment-73233 [...] Microsoft to Become “More Disruptive in Search” [...] [...] Microsoft to Become “More Disruptive in Search” [...]

]]> By: Kat Scholtz http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-73080 Kat Scholtz Fri, 08 May 2009 09:19:41 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=10073#comment-73080 I like the we've messed up but we're learning stance - it makes me take them a bit more seriously. Interesting. I like the we’ve messed up but we’re learning stance – it makes me take them a bit more seriously. Interesting.

]]> By: Jayson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/05/microsoft-to-become-more-disruptive-in-search.html/comment-page-1#comment-73078 Jayson Fri, 08 May 2009 07:55:27 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=10073#comment-73078 Sounds like it was a great speech. It's good that Microsoft is going to take more risks with search - competition will make things better. I'm not complaining about Google though, they're doing a good job. Sounds like it was a great speech. It’s good that Microsoft is going to take more risks with search – competition will make things better. I’m not complaining about Google though, they’re doing a good job.

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