Imaster - 8:37 pm on Aug 16, 2003 (gmt 0)

So what will MSN use. Only Inktomi? Or will it also introduce its own search engine using the data that MSNbot crawled.

Do you think a search engine can perform well without a directory support. We have 3 major engines: Google, Yahoo, and MSN (all 3 have been using directory now).

If using a directory is very importance for relevancy, perhaps MSN is playing this trump so that Looksmart's shares go very down and then they can buy the company for a low price.