Targeted Search Results for Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP and Google tech content - via Live.com...

alexander_windel — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:59:00 GMT

Did you know you can customize our search engine at www.live.com ?

There is this concept of so-called "search macros" which allows users to define some kind of very specific search scope: if you already have some kind of "link collection" for a certain topic, if you already know these Internet web sites contain the best data to answer the question you have, then why not submit a search query targeted at exactly those web sites (via a search macro)............... Find below some samples, and feel free to add your own at http://search.live.com/macros .

Microsoft: Simply add " macro:t.msft" (without quotes) to your normal live.com search query! Or browse to http://search.live.com/macros/t/msft
Oracle: Add " macro:t.oracle" (without quotes) in www.live.com ! Alternatively browse to: http://search.live.com/macros/t/oracle
IBM: Add " macro:t.ibm" (without quotes) to your live.com search query or browse to http://search.live.com/macros/t/ibm
SAP: Add " macro:t.sap" (without quotes) to your normal live.com search query or browse to http://search.live.com/macros/t/sap
Google: Add " macro:t.google" (without quotes) to your normal live.com search query or browse to http://search.live.com/macros/t/google

By the way, (even) if you are a Google addict you will surely love the Google search macro. If you have ever wanted to find some information A B O U T Google you may have noticed it's hard to distinguish (in Google.com) between "usual" search results and data about this company called "Google". Both use the same domain name (not really a good idea from a -search- point of view), and Google's corporate information is distributed on a variety of different google.com URL's. Well, Live.com is here to help...

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Targeted Search Results for Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP and Google tech content - via Live.com...