Search.Live.Com. I want to like it, I really do...
Since it's no longer tagged Beta, its fair game right? Well, I have to be honest; so far I've had nothing but bad experiences with using the Live.com search engine. I'll give you my latest example:
I was watching a video of Victor Wooten, one of the most unique bass players around. Being a bass player myself, I like to learn other people’s styles and try to incorporate them into my music. So what's one of the first things you do when you need help learning someone else's song? Tab search, of course! Just look at the difference between Live and Google results for the value "wooten amazing grace bass tab":
Live: http://search.live.com/results.aspx?FORM=IE7&q=wooten+amazing+grace+bass+tab
Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=wooten+amazing+grace+bass+tab
It almost feels like the Live search results are based around trying to sell you stuff rather than relevance.
I tried every combination I could think of, short of searching for an exact URL. I even tried other search engines and was surprised to see that every other engine actually returned more relevant results than Live... except for Lycos. Then I noticed at the bottom of the Lycos page, it says: "Portions powered by Windows Live". Well, no surprise there.
I have hope for the future of Live search, but for right now I'm just a little surprised it's not still in Beta, because it really should be.