Microsoft prototype search engine personalizes results

InfoWorld | at | by Mike

Microsoft's research arm has developed a prototype search engine with social-networking features that let users edit and reorder search results, as well as share them with online friends.

The prototype engine marks Microsoft's latest effort to bolster its search business to better compete against market leader Google, which captured 63 percent of the search market in August, according to ComScore. Microsoft held about 8 percent of the search market at the time, according to the market researcher.