Start.com MSN's personalized search page

iJeff · 08-07-2005, 12:43 AM

http://www.start.com/3/

MSN's Personalized search page.. looks alot like Google.com/ig doesn't it?
Personally I think it has great potential.. nice design.. but why am I not using it?

#1 It cant search Google
#2 It's from Microsoft!
#3 IT DOESN'T SUPPORT SAFARI.. they dont want mac users?
#4 It's not from Google

kcmandava · 08-07-2005, 03:29 AM

Yeah mate, I agree with you on 1,2 and 4. I dont know much about Safari and dont use mac. But I must also say the page looked promising.

Andylkl · 08-07-2005, 06:06 AM

Moving this section to General Discussion, since it's not about Google.

NewB4Life · 12-01-2005, 02:29 PM

Google.com/ig "kills msn again" because the msn/start is sLowww.as,.. gosh /ig's about 3x's faster (old 'puter, dial-up)

ps: my start page is the local paper with ALL the ads/pictures/titleBanners/links adblocked, -it's quite quick and relevant

EDIT: Google.com/ig doesn't do NewZealand! (someone tell them off" dammit)

mondine · 12-01-2005, 06:42 PM

I've configured a few of these 'start' pages, but never really use them. The search bar is always ther when I want it,
and I usually open the browser with a short-cut someplace else.
For the odd time that I do just open the browser, I find having a start page is just a delaying nuisance, so I leave it blank.
I'll go to one of them and read some news if I run out of other things to do. Which doesn't happen very often.

Pepper · 12-05-2005, 10:06 PM

i probally have never msn at all for searching, the only thing i ever used by them was their messenger. Their search is crappy so i dont' no why they bother coping off google and offering sumthing like gmail, and a search engine like google

08-07-2005, 12:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
iJeff Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 210 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Start.com MSN's personalized search page http://www.start.com/3/ MSN's Personalized search page.. looks alot like Google.com/ig doesn't it? Personally I think it has great potential.. nice design.. but why am I not using it? #1 It cant search Google #2 It's from Microsoft! #3 IT DOESN'T SUPPORT SAFARI.. they dont want mac users? #4 It's not from Google

08-07-2005, 06:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Andylkl Master Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Posts: 795 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Moving this section to General Discussion, since it's not about Google. __________________ Please read the Google Community rules before posting! I have a strict zero-tolerance policy against spammers, and I won't hesitate to ban!

12-01-2005, 06:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I've configured a few of these 'start' pages, but never really use them. The search bar is always ther when I want it, and I usually open the browser with a short-cut someplace else. For the odd time that I do just open the browser, I find having a start page is just a delaying nuisance, so I leave it blank. I'll go to one of them and read some news if I run out of other things to do. Which doesn't happen very often. __________________

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08-07-2005, 03:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
kcmandava Master Googler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: U.S Posts: 859 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah mate, I agree with you on 1,2 and 4. I dont know much about Safari and dont use mac. But I must also say the page looked promising.

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NewB4Life Junior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NZ Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google.com/ig "kills msn again" because the msn/start is sLowww.as,.. gosh /ig's about 3x's faster (old 'puter, dial-up) ps: my start page is the local paper with ALL the ads/pictures/titleBanners/links adblocked, -it's quite quick and relevant EDIT: Google.com/ig doesn't do NewZealand! (someone tell them off" dammit)

12-05-2005, 10:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pepper Google Freak Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 443 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	i probally have never msn at all for searching, the only thing i ever used by them was their messenger. Their search is crappy so i dont' no why they bother coping off google and offering sumthing like gmail, and a search engine like google

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