Windows Live

Some of you may have noticed Microsoft’s new adCenter as well as the Windows Live search engine.  Are these really a competition for Google? 

Well, this will be my own opinion on the matter, all statistics aside.  I have told Microsoft on countless occasions by means of their AdCenter Feedback and Windows Live Feedback forms that they will never even start to pose a threat to Google if they continue to disregard web standards and other obvious compatibility and usability concerns. [...]