http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/31/msft-makes-a-strategic-error-chasing-search/ a blog by Mark Essel on web technology, startups and design philosophy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/31/msft-makes-a-strategic-error-chasing-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Mark Essel Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:52:10 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1221#comment-2253 They must be tracking the statistics of link referrals from social media. It'd be clear from those that there is a shift in search happening. They must be tracking the statistics of link referrals from social media. It'd be clear from those that there is a shift in search happening.

]]> http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/31/msft-makes-a-strategic-error-chasing-search/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Vladimir Vukicevic Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:17:27 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1221#comment-2252 Unfortunately Microsoft is doing what many big companies do - they are looking into the past (especially past failures) to make decisions about the future. This is good sometimes but not when rigidly applied - like you outlined above, they don't seem to see real-time search. Unfortunately Microsoft is doing what many big companies do – they are looking into the past (especially past failures) to make decisions about the future. This is good sometimes but not when rigidly applied – like you outlined above, they don't seem to see real-time search.

]]> http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/31/msft-makes-a-strategic-error-chasing-search/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Mark Essel Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:52:10 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1221#comment-298 They must be tracking the statistics of link referrals from social media. It'd be clear from those that there is a shift in search happening. They must be tracking the statistics of link referrals from social media. It'd be clear from those that there is a shift in search happening.

]]> http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/31/msft-makes-a-strategic-error-chasing-search/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Vladimir Vukicevic Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:17:27 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1221#comment-297 Unfortunately Microsoft is doing what many big companies do - they are looking into the past (especially past failures) to make decisions about the future. This is good sometimes but not when rigidly applied - like you outlined above, they don't seem to see real-time search. Unfortunately Microsoft is doing what many big companies do – they are looking into the past (especially past failures) to make decisions about the future. This is good sometimes but not when rigidly applied – like you outlined above, they don't seem to see real-time search.

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