WebFusion - 5:55 pm on Dec 29, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have four sandboxed sites. All are doing great in MSN Beta so I'm certain that my SEO strategy works just fine.

You're using a engine that is currently in beta to validate your SEO techniques. Talk about wishful thinking.

Their long term thinking do not extend beyond the next shareholders' meeting.

Hmmm...ever hear of Gmail, Google labs, blogger....

They will roll out good, fresh results and aim to do what they do best, "dominate" the market.

There are plenty of examples of companies that are still around despite MS attempting to dominate the market. Ever hear of Intuit or Adobe?

It's always amusing to see someone's interpretation of things which are (in reality) only theories. MSN may come on strong if and when MS is ever able to release longhorn with embedded search. Hell, if you want to talk about compnies resting on their backsides take a look at the dismal state of Internet Explorer. Losing 15-20 million user's to firefox may be a drop in the overall bucket, but there's no denying it's made a dent in the browser wars.

MS is not, nor has it ever been an innovator. As oong as google (and others) can continue to innovate, MS will be at a loss, as it is now an old, slowly turning juggernaught that has never had a single original idea of it's own.

If you're staking the future of your business on MS, you've got a long wait.