Comments on: They Shoot Directories, Don’t They?

By: welcome to the funcave » The SBSCs They Are A’Changin’

welcome to the funcave » The SBSCs They Are A’Changin’ — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:24:09 +0000

[...] was also some news about the SBSC Finder. Thankfully, the big bowl of stupid that’s driving the new Solution Finder isn’t slated to affect the SBSC [...]

By: Mark Crall

Mark Crall — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:03:34 +0000

You finished with
“But all this got me wondering how the SBSC Finder tool on the Small Business Center website works today. So I just checked. It continues to rank results on expertise, just like before.”

I strongly suggest you attend today webinar as you know MS can’t just leave a good thing alone (hey, I sound like my customers talking about me!). See http://sbscme.blogspot.com/2007/06/sbsc-quarterly-webcast-next-generation.html

By: Tim Long

Tim Long — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:22:24 +0000

I’ve had it with broken partner directories…

A little while ago, Microsoft wrote to me and asked me to test their latest partner finder solution …

By: Vijay Singh Riyait

Vijay Singh Riyait — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:45:49 +0000

You’re right it’s messed up, a colleague contacted me the other day to say exactly the same thing. Like you say I would be worried if we ever got a load of business from it, althought I know one or two people who have! MS tried the “Assess & Win” campaign in the UK which had a location based Virtual Earth tool, which was equally useless and incorrect!!

If they need some coding help, why don’t they just ask us? Reasonable rates!

By: Revamped Microsoft Solution Finder needs another revamp | Geek in Paradise

Revamped Microsoft Solution Finder needs another revamp | Geek in Paradise — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:11:30 +0000

[...] also came across Chris’ rant on the new finder over at welcome to the funcave regarding the same thing. There are probably more to be found out [...]