• Live Search , Monday, August 11, 2008 2:30 PM

The Live Search team has packed a host of new features into the engine to help Olympics junkies stay on top of their favorite countries, categories and athletes while online. For example, searches for "Olympic medals" will turn up up-to-the-minute tallies by country in a box nestled between the sponsored and organic results.

Searchers will also find tallies for specific countries or sports (i.e. "medals for gymnastics," sans quotes), as well as succinct info boxes on particular athletes. Live Search is also providing Olympics-related news, complete with videos and blogs at a glance. The only caveat is that the enhancements appear to only be working for U.S.-based queries--as users from countries like Hungary and Canada are reporting that they aren't seeing the changes.

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