Worst Moves in History (Microsoft)

[dallas]

selnor said:

dallas said:
Windows 8 is almost universally unpopular. Bing has been steadily losing $$$$. The RROd-box.

MSFT in general concentrates on too many projects at once. They should put more wood behind fewer arrows.

Bing is a misconception. It wasnt designed to make money on its own. As a sole thing Bing loses money. Even if they are gaining marketsare on Google year by year. Soon it will be profitable on its own. 

But Bing was designed as more than a search engine from the get go. Something that was part of an ecosystem. Bing is already making MS money through its intended purposes.

They've leveraged it in just about every service or product that they offer and continue to expand its reach and innovate on its technologies... Do they make money on Bing itself? No. Do they make money on things powered by Bing? Absolutely.

Bing can sand does funnel users by say putting ads out to redirect users or as search results, but that's still a REALLY expensive way to advertise.  It lost quite a bit, so it just wasn't worth it at all.