Updated: Facebook Launches Microsoft Live Search Integration

Facebook launched Microsoft Live Search integration on the public site today, showing off how users will be able to access Live Search within Facebook.

(Update: Facebook Web Search powered by Microsoft Live Search is now live again. Earlier, the push appeared to have only been temporary – Live Search integration was pulled down from the site after only a few minutes. A company blog post on the Live Search launch was also temporarily taken down.)

Here’s How It Works

When users enter queries into Facebook search, if Facebook’s look-ahead doesn’t find any matching friends, groups, pages, events, or applications, an option to “search the web” appears.

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