Microsoft has debuted the beta of the search engine it has been promising.
The company plans to compete head-on with Yahoo and Google in search.
The site launched with an index of 5 billion webpages, but Google quickly
countered by increasing its index to over 8 billion webpages.
Other areas the three companies will continue to compete in include
email, social networking, discussion, blogging and online shopping.
Ultimately, Microsoft has plans for victory in the search department,
but they still have a ways to go to catch Google's headstart in both
popularity and technology.
News.com reported that Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has promised that
Microsoft will build a superior Web search technology from scratch.
