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Mediapost has details of the new viral campaign, MSN hopes will help its newly launched MSN Search gain street credibility.

Mediapost: The viral's main site, www.msnfound.com, collects all the blogs together, along with pictures of the authors. Each of the authors has a unique shtick.

It's laughable that MSN has to create its own buzz by developing fake blogs and hoping the word will spread. Even Microsoft evangelist, Robert Scoble, thinks the campaign stinks.

This site, which probably cost $100,000 (ahh, that's where our towel money went) has great graphic design. Lots of streaming video.

But it's fake. All of it is actors. No real people. No real point.

Aaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.

We agree!

Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.

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