Microsoft has been planning improvements for their MSN web site which originally was scheduled for release in January. But the company delayed the introduction until the Olympics and Super Bowl, but will now start releasing the updates to the site during the next few weeks. MSN currently has over 100 million users and the changes, which there are about 30, should improve the sites appearance and ease of use.

According to a recent article it also states that:

Headlines on the page will now be customized based on user behavior, so, for instance, people who tend to be more interested in entertainment news will be more likely to see those type of stories. The page’s new local edition—which features local weather, traffic, news stories, and restaurant reviews in one place—will now also include local blog posts and Tweets overlaid on a map. And Microsoft’s Bing search engine is given even more prominence than in the initial plans; the search box at the top of the page includes the words ‘web search’—in bright orange.

So if you are a MSN user get ready for some major changes which will include the following:

Bing, Bing, and more Bing. We’ve seen double-digit increases in Bing search queries coming from the new homepage. People wanted even more Bing, so we:

Increased the prominence of the Bing search box to make it easy for you to search from the MSN homepage.

Added a new TrendWatch feature to highlight the day’s top movers on Twitter.

Increased the prominence of Popular Searches, where our editorial team highlights the most interesting and topical searches of the day.

Increased editorial programming of search-related content, including videos and images.

And there is a lot more featured on the new MSN web site. Take a look here at what the new pages will look like.

Comments welcome.

First look, MSN new web pages

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