MSN Adds Instant Answers for Movie Showtimes…Kind Of
Interesting entry over at the MSN Search blog; MSN has added an “instant answer” functionality for movies, making it more than just your run-of-the-mill find a movie theater and showtimes kind of deal. Searchers can actually browse movie genres, movie ratings, and other film-related phrases. Here’s an example:
Pretty slick, but once I started playing with it, not so much. It didn’t seem to work with the phrase romantic movies or foreign films, but just fine with action movies. And my search for g movies brought back a PG and a PG-13 movie. Meh.
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Wendy Boswell is the Editor of About.com’s Websearch and also blogs at Uncover The Internet.
Wendy Boswell is the Editor for About Web Search and part of the New York Times Company.
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