With the release of the Virtual Earth 6 API, there is a new Interactive SDK that goes along with it. If you haven’t seen the Interactive SDK, it’s a great way to learn the VE API using a “show and tell” model. The SDK shows a list of the... Read more

As I was adding the Live Search Box to my blog, I realized that it wasn’t entirely clear how to find the page that explains how to do this. The actual main link is on the Live Search homepage and is the “For Webmasters”... Read more

A few days ago, Microsoft released a pretty major upgrade to Live Search Maps with the release of the Virtual Earth 6 API. There are some pretty cool enhancements, and, with the exception of two bugs found by Joe Healy, is as simple as change the “v=5”... Read more

At the end of September, Microsoft launched a major upgrade to Live Search that makes it faster and easier to use. Some of the areas that have been improved are: Relevance: The size of the Live Search index has quadrupled, which means more correct results for searches. Enhanced... Read more

You’ve probably heard all of the buzz around Microsoft’s new ASP.NET MVC Framework. This is a framework methodology that divides an application’s implementation into three component roles: models, views, and controllers. You’ve probably also heard about a slightly different approach called Model View Presenter (MVP). If you ever wanted... Read more