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Originally Posted by spacedog
Well, true that people aren't going to see astronomical changes in search volume, but from where I'm looking at this, those people searching via msn or live.com are potentially NEW users that are not savvy in finding free porn, thus increasing your sales potential.
When you think about it.. take Joe Schmoe who's been around for awhile.. say he get's a new PC because he needs one, but he's not going to change his habits, he'll keep using google, maybe even opt to downgrade to IE because maybe he don't like VISTA.. ok..
Next we have Joe Blow.. he's a newb.. got himself a new pc.. learns to use VISTA.. uses the built in search.. finds some porn.. he don't know how to get it free.. he becomes a member,, 
Oh & btw Dutch Twink Franck.. you know jack  Keep running your mouth twinkie because that's all you are, is a mouthy troll |
I know where you're coming from, I just don't think it will have that much of an effect. It's a small percent of the population that is oblivious to what search engine they are using. MSN search was put into every download of IE7 and that didn't help its market share overall.
On paper it would look like Vista would be great news for MSN, but you have to factor in that most new computers have a deal with Google to make them their start page. I just bought a new Dell this past week and the homepage was preloaded to Google. Some ISPs like SBC preload Yahoo! already. If someone prefers Firefox, they're given the Google toolbar built in. There are just too many places out there that will find its way into the search path of an unsuspecting user.
But the biggest problem they have is they aren't a search destination. When you ask a novice about search engines, they'll say Google, Yahoo!, Ask, etc. Not many will say MSN search. They have no brand when it comes to it. Not to mention they don't have a good search engine at all. So until they can brand Live better, I don't see this being much more than a 1-2% marketshare increase (which they'll eventually lose after users become more savvy).