Facebook starts offering Live Search
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Facebook has begun allowing users to search the Web from within Facebook, using Microsoft's Live search service.The arrangement, first announced in July, offers a revenue opportunity for both companies. But they'll need to convince people to use the search feature, and it's uncertain they will in its current form.
"I'm not sure the experience they offer is optimal," said Greg Sterling, an analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence. Still, the deal is a coup for Microsoft, which has been struggling to boost its search business. It might be the biggest search agreement for Microsoft in terms of potential users, Sterling said.