Google doubles search index

Google has doubled the number of Web pages it indexes from 4 billion to about 8 billion, according to a posting on the company's Web site.

The increase, announced Wednesday, means Google searchers will now have access to a much larger number of possible matches for queries.

The shift comes as Google faces increasing competition from rivals including Microsoft, which unveiled a test version of a search engine for its MSN Web portal on Thursday.

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Nice Copy Microsoft

I tried out Microsoft's new beta - geez, could they have ripped
off google.com anymore? Oh, that's their trademark isn't it?
Copying the market leader or pioneer and claiming it as their
own. But why did they just steal all the results google returns in
almost the same order... Including non-existent ancient links to
long gone content. Hhm!