Check out our new Live Search Macro - search easily across multiple MS Australia blogs and sites

Here is an internal email from Christian Longstaff today on the new search macro he's created in Live.com to help partners and MS staff search easily across multiple Australian-relevant blogs and sites. Check it out here: http://search.live.com/macros/chlong/ausblogs/?FORM=MACWLG

Such a great idea - thanks Christian !

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With the new version of Live Search, I created a macro to search across all of the Microsoft Australia staff blogs: 

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You are limited to 30 sites, but here’s the blogs I’ve included:

1. Australia Partner Portal: http://partner.microsoft.com/australia
2. Microsoft home page: http://www.microsoft.com/australia
3. My blog for ISV & Web Partners http://blogs.msdn.com/chlong
4. Partner-TV Australia: http://blogs.msdn.com/ozpartnertv
5. Nick Mayhew's blog for Partners: http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew
6. Siatro's blog for Aussie IW Partners: http://blogs.msdn.com/ausptsiw/
7. Wendy's blog for Small Business Specialist Partners: http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsc_australia/
8. Mike Heald's blog on Partner Marketing: http://blogs.msdn.com/marketingforpartners/
9. Anna Lius: http://blogs.msdn.com/annali
10. IT Pro Australia: http://blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/
11. Shane Morris: http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/
12. Andrew Coates: http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat
13. Charles Sterling on Ozzie Rules Blogging: http://blogs.msdn.com/charles_sterling
14. Dave Glover: http://blogs.msdn.com/dglover
15. David Lemphers: http://blogs.msdn.com/davidlem
16. Nigel Watson: http://blogs.msdn.com/nigelwat
17. Nils van Boxsel: http://blogs.msdn.com/nilsv
18. Michael Kleef: http://blogs.msdn.com/mkleef
19. Jeff Anderson: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffa36/
20. Scott Barnes on RIA: http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog
21. Michael Kordahi: http://blogs.msdn.com/mkordahi
22. Greg Willis: http://blogs.msdn.com/gwillis
23. Oscar Trimboli: http://blogs.msdn.com/oscartr
24. Nick Hodge: http://blogs.msdn.com/nickhodge/
25. Jorke Odolphi: http://blogs.technet.com/jorke/
26. Darryl Burling: http://blogs.msdn.com/darrylburling/
27. Sean McBreen from NZ:: http://blogs.msdn.com/smcbreen/
28. Nigel Parker from NZ: http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/
29. Nathan Mercer: http://blogs.technet.com/nmercer/
30. Ride the 2008 Wave Partner blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ridethe2008wave

The help link says you can create search macros that are tailored to any topic area. A home page is automatically created for your macro, making it easy to use, bookmark, and share with friends. For example, you can create a search macro for your favorite hobby, area of research, or one that searches your website or blog.

You can find macros created and shared by the Windows Live community on Windows Live Gallery. Go to the macro's home page and start searching. To see how a macro works, try one of these examples:

• Reference Sites Search Engine: This macro searches reference sites.
• MSDN Blogs Search Engine: This macro searches hundreds of Microsoft product team blogs.
• Video Games Search Engine: This macro searches video game information.

You can create your own search macro on the Search Macros site. Use the side-by-side test page to see your macro’s results. When you’re satisfied with your macro, you can save it, customize its home page, and then start searching.

You can e-mail or instant message the web address of any macro home page to a friend. You can also share your macro with other Windows Live users on the Windows Live Gallery. The Gallery community can then rate your macros and give you feedback.

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