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April showers move May flowers, as well as May 2^nd brings a Run for a Roses, additionally well known as a annual Kentucky Derby. For those not streamer to Churchill Downs for “the many sparkling dual mins in sports,” we’re bringing a formula to you in a form of a Kentucky Derby Instant Answer. Simply sort in “Kentucky Derby” as well as you’ll see rough report about a eventuality such as a date, TV coverage, a 2008 winner, and, of course, a couple to a recipe for a Derby’s normal beverage–the Mint Julep. (What is a competition but an central drink?) Be certain to check behind after a competition for a last results.

We’ve blogged about a Instant Answers a couple of times, many not long ago for a Oscars, March Madness, as well as Major League Baseball. Instant Answers have been written to facilitate pass poke tasks. With Instant Answers, you save a users from carrying to crop opposite sites to find different, specific pieces of information. As always, you acquire ideas as well as feedback about a Instant Answers.

Theo Vachovsky, Instant Answers Product Manager, Live Search

We launched Live Search 411 (1-800-CALL-411 or 1-800-225-5411) in Oct 2007, as well as given afterwards have been rolling out brand new facilities which have helped a users in all kinds of ways. There’s Business Search to find which grill where your friends have been watchful for you. There’s Driving Directions for turn-by-turn directions to beam we there. There have been Sports and Stock Quotes so you’re regularly rebuilt with a remark about a ultimate diversion as well as a Dow. Add Weather reports, Movie showtimes, Cheap Gas prices, as well as Travel resources, as well as you’ll never be but an umbrella, late for a matinee, stranded but fuel, or lost.

Now we’re happy to make known a ultimate further to a 411 family: Traffic powered by INRIX, a heading provider of trade information. If you’re a mobile phone user, we can dial 1-800-CALL-411 as well as ask for Traffic to get real-time trade reports in your closeness or along a route. You can even personalize your knowledge by saving your begin as well as finish points, as well as afterwards subsequent time saying, “Home to work.” In further to conference about trade incidents as well as slowdowns, you’ll get an estimated expostulate time so we can devise accordingly.

The most appropriate partial about Live Search 411 is which we can call as well as poke from any phone as well as ask for what we wish only by observant it (no typing required). Who knew which a time we outlay in a automobile could be so valuable?

Yvonne Chou, Senior Program Manager Lead, Live Search 411

You might notice issues whilst regulating a import underline of adCenter Desktop for adding brand brand brand new keywords to your campaign. When importing brand brand brand new keywords but a extended compare sort tangible by regulating a CSV record or without delay pasting it in to a mixed changes dialog, a extended compare sort with a default bid of a ad organisation might inadvertently be created. When importing brand brand brand new keywords with usually word or expect compare only, a extended compare sort will additionally be combined for a same keywords with a default bid of a ad group…(read more)

This Sunday, Andy Samberg will horde a 18^th Annual MTV Movie Awards as well as betray a winners in categories trimming from most appropriate film to most appropriate kiss, as well as lots in between.

As you might remember, you did a first awards uncover present answer for a Oscars behind in February. After all a good feedback, you motionless to go upon a convention with a brand new MTV Movie Awards present answer. Just sort in “mtv awards” as well as you’ll see a pre-show present answer with a awards uncover date as well as air time, pointers to promo videos with Andy, as well as links to opinion for your a one preferred performances. And if you skip a uncover upon Sunday, check behind with us thereafter for a finish list of winners of a desired Golden Popcorn.

This is only a ultimate pull in a bid to assistance have anticipating a right report upon a Web simpler for you. We know which you don’t wish to crop by a sea of links to find out who won a best kiss or best fight. You wish a right answer right there upon page 1 in front of your eyes — as well as that’s what you broach with a present answers.

We’re regularly seeking to urge as well as enhance so let us know what else you’d similar to to see in present answer form.

Theo Vachovsky, Instant Answers Product Manager, Live Search

The Microsoft adCenter Community site will close for upkeep upon Friday, May 29th, as you finish the site upgrade. Users will be means to make use of the site again Saturday, May 30th. During this time, users can go upon to crop as well as review site content, though will not be means to revise pages upon the site or supplement brand new posts or comments to the forums as well as blogs. As partial of this upgrade, you have been mending the Live ID experience. When the site reopens, existent village members will need to go by the one-time account…(read more)

When you final blogged, Derek Jeter searches had tripled as well as vital joining ball was in full swing. Fast brazen a couple of weeks, as well as whilst Derek Jeter is substantially still a tip poke (when is he not?), a little might disagree which a stream uncover capsule is Sidney Crosby of a Pittsburgh Penguins, who’s heading his group in a Eastern Conference finals of a 2009 NHL playoffs. Or Kobe Bryant, who led a Lakers with 34 points notwithstanding a Nuggets’ win to tie a array during 2-2 in a NBA playoffs.

Whether you’re clinging to hockey or basketball, Live Search can assistance you get your fix—fast. Because if there’s a single thing you know about sports fans, it’s which you don’t keep a air blower watchful for player stats as well as scores. So these Instant Answers have been starting to be quite utilitarian for all a revolutionary NBA fans following a Lakers, Nuggets, Cavs, or Magic; as well as a NHL fans tracking a Hurricanes, Canes, Red Wings, Hawks, or Pens.

Simply sort in, “NHL,” “NBA,” or “NHL or NBA + a date,” as well as you’ll get a outline of new games as well as stream standings in a series.

Or come in your a one preferred player for deteriorate stats, new scores, news, as well as arriving diversion details.

If you can’t watch a games, make use of Live Search as well as a NHL as well as NBA Instant Answer for a minute comment of a games as they happen.

We grown Instant Answers to assistance facilitate pass poke tasks as well as save you time. Read some-more here as well as take a demeanour during a little of a others we’ve talked about recently, such as a Instant Answers for a Oscars, March Madness, Major League Baseball, as well as a Kentucky Derby.

As always, you acquire feedback upon this or any Instant Answer.

Theo Vachovsky, Instant Answers Product Manager, Live Search

SMX Advanced is entrance right up in Seattle. Dr. Qi Lu, President, Online Services Division, Microsoft, will be participating in a Keynote Q & A during 9 am upon Jun 3 with Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan. If we have any questions for Qi Lu, check out Whitney’s post What Do You Want to Ask Qi Lu? upon a Live Search blog, as well as leave your comments. Here have been alternative sessions where Microsoft will be represented: Jun 2, 2009 10:15am-11:00am Duplicate Content Solutions & The…(read more)

Here in the US, you informally begin the summer deteriorate with the three-day Memorial Day legal holiday which only concluded.  Normally in the Seattle area where we live, it’s still the pale as well as stormy time, though this past week end was anything though that!  The balmy as well as comfortable continue has me seeking brazen to the summer ahead.

So gripping in the suggestion of the summer season, I’ve combined the brand new summer-themed challenge to the Clubhouse site.  we goal you’ll take the couple of moments to post, tag, as well as share your summer skeleton with the rest of the Windows community.

If you’re not nonetheless the part of of the community, only check out http://clubhouse.microsoft.com/join for some-more information.

Have the good summer!

- Marcus, Windows Community Manager

adCenter Help has been updated to simulate brand brand new facilities in a Spring 2009 Upgrade . New topics embody About default as good as nondefault bids as good as Prevent ads from looming upon specific websites ; updated topics embody Create a debate (new campaign-level targeting info) as good as About keyword investigate collection (keyword investigate updates). The Microsoft adCenter Help URLs spreadsheet is updated as well. This spreadsheet allows we to bookmark Help topics we impute to often. You can additionally duplicate as good as pulp a URL's…(read more)