News Search, Google Competition
SOURCE: Beta News
MSN Debuts Newsbot Test
By David Worthington, BetaNews
July 27, 2004, 10:55 PM
The Internet may have forever changed how the world gets its morning news, but MSNBC and Microsoft's MSN business unit are determined to resurrect the newsstand. Starting today, customers can sign up for a beta of the MSNBC Newsbot – an expansive online news service powered by MSN search technology.
The MSNBC Newsbot allows customers to sift through more than 4,800 worldwide news sources; although, not without a personal touch. In order to suit individual tastes, the Newsbot uses cookies to suggest news stories that a user may be interested in viewing based upon their reading habits.
The service's recommended reading also includes breaking news on the hour. Headlines are arranged into seven different categories and are accompanied by a link to the complete text of the article.
Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of MSN Information Services and Merchant Platform commented on Newsbot test, saying, "We've put the strongest assets of MSN and NBC News to work for consumers with MSNBC.com Newsbot, the only automatically personalized news-search service on the Web."
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