Another bogus Microsoft RSS claim

This article is a complete crock!!

There are so many incorrect points in David Utter's September 2nd article on WebProNews.com, entitled "MSN Claims First With RSS Search", that it's laughable. And then some.

Yahoo! **DOES** do an RSS/XML search, it's available via their Advanced Search page. (Check the File Format option.)

Amazon's A9 search engine also allows searching of RSS but calls it "blog search".

On top of these, there are also many good RSS search engines that have been around for a while, such as NewsIsFree, CompleteRSS, SearchForRSS, or Syndic8.

Additionally, many RSS aggregators, such as Bloglines, also offer an RSS or blog search.

So -- MSN are by no means the first. Them renaming RSS search with their own terms is also not a first on a couple of levels: other companies also have already developed & are using their own proprietary terms for feed searches; and Microsoft are notorious for renaming stuff that's already been around the block a dozen times, so it ain't a first to that end either.

So, I say again: What a crock!!

Shocking journalism. If that's what it is. Friends, do not believe everything you read -- especially when it comes to Microsoft!

Or Scientology. ;)