Entries tagged with xrank - Channel 10

xRank Politician Updated

sarahintampa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:09:00 GMT

The Live Search team has just updated their xRank site’s special U.S. election feature with new information. Now, xRank Politician includes all the candidates running for president, governor, and congress. On the site, you can compare the search trends for opposing candidates to see who’s being searched for more often. There’s also biographical info on the candidates, links to news stories, photos and videos on each candidate’s page. You can click on the thumbnails of the videos to play them right on the site, too, just like in Live Search News – you don’t have to leave the page. Some interesting findings so far – Sarah Palin is searched for far more often than Joe Biden, but Obama and McCain are neck-and-neck.

Live Search Spring Update Walk Through

Nic — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:14:00 GMT

I'm joined by Chris Rayner from the Live Search team as we walk through some of the new features in the latest spring update to Live Search. We check out xRank, News Search, Products, Live Search Health, HealthVault and Rick Astley... naturally.

Live Search is at www.live.com.

Live Search for Celebs

sarahintampa — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:41:00 GMT

Want to get all the details on your favorite celebrity? Live Search's Celebrity search results combine top content into a single, interactive answer, providing content from images, video, movies, bios, and more. The celebrity's xRank is also intergrated into the results to provide a measure of popularity. xRank is a fun way to track celebrities' rises and falls in the rankings. Based on the number of searches throughout the day, xRank gives a numerical rating for the most popular of Hollywood heavyweights, radio darlings, trendsetters, athletes, politicians, and other notables.

It's "Hot or Not" for search results. On the Celebrity xRank page, you can not only do searches for celebrities, but you can also scan the rankings, read bios, track trends, and see related celebs (the celebrity's friends, family, co-workers, enemies, and romantic interests). Icons next to a celebrity's name show whether the celebrity is Trending up - popularity is increasing (green up arrow), slipping down - popularity is decreasing (red down arrow), rocketing up - popularity is soaring (green up arrow with flames), or plummeting down (red down arrow towards a black hole). What do you think of Live Searhc's celebrity search feature? Do a head to head comparison like I did for one of my favorite celebs and compare the results. In my case, I actually preferred Live Search's results. Do you?