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(10:17:28 AM) dannysullivan: tube still has hot and sucky and crowded as ever. go boris. not that hell fix it.
(10:47:46 AM) dannysullivan: microsoft exec symposium starting off with cynthia crossley dir search microsoft uk comparing newness of search to past industries like PC
(10:48:28 AM) dannysullivan: computers in the future will weigh no more than 1.5 tons; decca recording, "guitar music" is on the way out. so similar ms pitch as in past
(10:48:48 AM) dannysullivan: search is new. don't assume it's all over. true enough. just same message given out for past five years now.
(10:55:51 AM) dannysullivan: brad goldberg gen mgr live search explaining history of live search see mine here http://tinyurl.com/5n2bmh
(10:56:23 AM) dannysullivan: says last year they crossed line to having credible search tech (see http://tinyurl.com/24cte4)
(10:56:54 AM) dannysullivan: says 1/3 of all searchers use live search at some point in month (so even if share is small, they look) and verticals are opps.
(10:57:34 AM) dannysullivan: 40% of all queries not answered; 50% require refinement, more opportunity (and all stats we've heard before in the past but new to some) - Danny Sullivan at Microsoft Live Search Executive Symposium, London, 2008-05-01

(10:17:28 AM) dannysullivan: tube still has hot and sucky and crowded as ever. go boris. not that hell fix it.