CNET: Microsoft.com revamps search"

Microsoft rolled out a new search function on its Microsoft.com site, replacing the number one problem feature facing one of the most trafficked sites in the world. The new search program, again using all-Microsoft technologies, returns results that seem quite similarly extraneous as the older version, but the seemingly random results are now better organized into categories.

A quick Up2Speed test run of the new system indicates that the search results returned aren't any better than the seemingly random ones the old system turned out. But with the new system, they're organized into categories such as "Technical Resources," "Communities & Newsgroups" and "Microsoft News & Corporate Information."

In case other large sites are pondering what technologies to avoid, the new architecture employed Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 and Natural User Interface Web services.