MSN Testing "Search Preview" Feature?

Is this anything new?

[skibum]

When looking at log files a new (to me anyway) "search preview" page turned up on MSN. I haven't been able to duplicate the search and get it to work, but this is what it looks like [search.msn.com]. It's an automatic redirect to another page

The actual URL is this:

[search.msn.com...]

2Bgifts+&origq=1-

jobs.com&FORM=IE4&v=1&cfg=SMCSP&nosp=0&thr=&submitbutton.x=3

6&submitbutton.y=12

[broken up to prevent the thread from exapanding all the way across the screen]

Anyone seen this before or know when it pops up?

It's kinds nice the way they clearly label the results as sponsored or not. If this should ever be the default way to display the top results it seems like traffic would be even more heavily skewed to the top-6 results, whatever mix of paid and spidered results they might be.

[nicebloke]

It's been popping up for a while I can't find the earlier thread. Think we managed to get it to come up using the search button on IE. (in the UK)