Searching for "install IE8" on MSFT vs GOOG

On live search, the first 3 search titles are : "Don't install IE8, Is it time to install IE8?, and Cannot Install IE8"

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=install+IE8

on GOOG, the first result is "Internet Explorer 8: Home page"

http://www.google.com/search?q=install+IE8

Interesting, I must say.

Agreed that putting their own search results at the top might be considered non-democratic, but if one searches specifically for one of their most recent and supposedly awesome product they will promote and billions of people might end up using, one would expect that would be the first search result at their search engine. Apparently not!

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