Live search add-on for Firefox from Microsoft
Microsoft has released an add-on that makes Microsoft's Live search service work better with Open Source web browser Firefox.
The program manager Beatrice Oltean and senior product manager Debapriya Ray wrote in a blog post Thursday that "We're happy to report that we've officially integrated Live Search into Firefox by popular demand." Like Yahoo's Inquisitor, the Microsoft search add-on connects to Microsoft's search site to suggest completions of searches as people start typing them into the browser's search box.
Microsoft is in competition with Yahoo and Google to claim a greater share of the search market. Those rivals are more successful at the search advertising business, which places text ads next to search results. The add-on uses Microsoft's Live Search API 2.0 which is part of a project called Silk Road, according to the lead program manager for Live Search API - Alessandro Catorcini.

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