In case you didn’t know, Microsoft Live Search has been redesigned:

WebmasterWorld members are appreciative of the new change. It’s different and unique.

But wait … there’s more. If you hover your mouse around certain areas, you can see where Microsoft is headed:

Their goal: to emphasize other features of search. Right now, there’s an emphasis on Botswana, but forum members suppose that Microsoft will switch up the images a bit and offer different searches in the future, which one calls an “interesting strategy.” (Agreed.) At the same time, this may have people wanting to “capitalize on those keywords” to get maximum search traffic. That, too, would be an interesting strategy.

Additional discussion can be read at Techmeme and forum discussion continues at WebmasterWorld.