Not happy with Facebook's search and advertising system? Well, Microsoft's going to try its hand at improving things. A new deal between the two companies should bring Live Search aboard before winter begins.
At Microsoft's annual Analyst Day, Satya Nadella, a senior vice president, discussed an issue related to search. Then, according to a rough 
Frederic Lardinois for that transcript. For being pretty clever, Microsoft deserves a deeper nod. Millions of American Facebook users who are probably Google fans will, as a result of this deal, get stuck using a product developed in Redmond. Plus, Facebook's involvement may keep them from caring or even noticing.
This change should bring Microsoft a reasonably sized new stream of search revenue. Long-term implications (like, say, a total acquisition of the social network) are harder to predict. Wall Street isn't in the mood for dreams right now, anyway, as Microsoft's down 3.48 percent for the day.
On a somewhat related note, Facebook's users haven't begun any type of revolt over the new site design.
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