Microsoft has just released a
technical preview of its new search technology. As per MS there are about 1 billion Web pages in the index. The search preview is purely for beta testing and doesn't guarantee speed or any other performance level. Yea, I agree it took about 3 secs to find my name itself. Though with another keyword it was lightning fast. I guess it is really in Beta or my name is getting some weight after all

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It will be replacing the existing MSN Search, I liked the options, though bare minimum ... Will keep checking it for updates.