The Microsoft Live team has just launched the Live search service into 34 new markets. The new markets include:
China – Simplified Chinese
Netherlands – Dutch
Belgium – French
Belgium – Dutch
Brazil – Brazilian Portuguese
Denmark – Danish
India – English
Russia – Russian
Sweden – Swedish
Taiwan – Traditional Chinese
Arabia – English
Argentina – Spanish
Austria – German
Chile – Spanish
Finland – Finnish
Greece – Greek
Hong Kong SAR – Traditional Chinese
Hungary – Hungarian
Indonesia – English
Ireland – English
Malaysia – English
New Zealand – English
Philippines – English
Poland – Polish
Portugal – Brazilian Portuguese
Singapore – English
South Africa – English
Switzerland – German
Switzerland – French
Turkey – Turkish
Czech Republic – Czech
Slovakia – Slovak
Slovenia – Slovenian
Latin America – Spanish
Microsoft is on the run, trying to launch into as many markets as it can in an effort, im sure, to stay side by side with its main competition in the search world, Google.
1. I still think 90% of people who use MSN search only do so because MSN.com is their homepage. Are many people using live.com in the U.S. yet? I'm not sure I fully understand why Live search is a separate project.
Posted at 6:08PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Adam Sharp