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May 2006

New MSN Search Launches Today

The New MSN Search launched today. Some at Microsoft have essentially declared war on Google. Bill Gates has called it “hypercompetition.”

So where do we at Ciceron stand? I have a couple of thoughts. First, we were in the beta test group and think quite highly of the backend ad management toolsuite Microsoft has offered agencies. But like most things Microsoft, we’re in the ugly post-launch stage where they’re notorious for launching buggy products in the e-ecosystem essentially to have us find the flaws in the real world.

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From Death Machine to Enlightenment

I’m writing this piece from my car dealership. Last week I received a notice that my car has been recalled due to a faulty fuel pump. No big deal. Just that I’m driving in a potentially EXPLOSIVE DEATH MACHINE!

While waiting for my car to be rendered safe again, I’m sitting here in the showroom along pit row for the sales team. I’m listening to each of their phone calls. (nosy damn market research guy that I am.) In half the calls, I hear some reference to the Internet. In fact the new guy — a recent Chicago transplant — just said, “So did the Internet tell you about our new financing options” as though Ms. Internet just sat down next to Ms. Prospect, poured her a nice cup of Starbucks, and negotiated her new sale.

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