Definition of MSN.com

Internet web portal that belongs to Microsoft. Launched in 1995 to promote the dial-up internet access service MSN, it is currently a news and entertainment portal. For more information see: MSN.

History of the MSN.com website

* From 1995 to 1999, the MSN.com domain was used to promote the MSN internet service. It only contained tutorials about the internet and the service. Microsoft’s main site was home.microsoft.com, called Microsoft Internet Start; was the default Internet Explorer home page.

* In 1998, MSN.com began to be used as an Internet portal, in direct competition with Yahoo! and Go Network. At that time it still presented the contents of MSN 2.0. MSN.com became the home page for Internet Explorer. It is also integrated with MSN Messenger and MSN Hotmail.

* In 1999 the web search engine MSN Search is added.

* In 2006 many MSN services are reorganized and changed to the name of Windows Live. MSN Messenger to Windows Live Messenger, MSN Search to Live Search, MSN Spaces to Windows Live Spaces, MSN Alerts to Windows Live Alerts, MSN Groups to Windows Live Groups, etc.

* MSN.com now focuses on news and entertainment. They only promote Windows Live services from the live.com domain.

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•MSN
•Microsoft

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