Hi Paranoid,
It could be... they have been doing work on the IE6 search assistant and
Side Search Bar for a while now.
It is being superceeded by the IE7 Search Box and Search Discovery and MSN
is being re-branded to Live.
Usually the Search Assistant URL is in the form
http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm
Where {SUB RFC1766} is replaced by your current local settings
(language/country pair). Try changing your IE6 language settings to
German-Sweeded or something else. I tried other language pairs for Sweeden
but could not find any pages. I think the development for this is done in
China, so go figure!
You will find a comprehensive list of Side Search providers at
http://www.iecustomizer.com/?url=iepanels
Regards.
