pocketseo - 8:18 pm on Dec 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

I don't know about you, but I am not satisfied at all with what they wrote.

They had to make a public response so they are trying to save face -- I'm not buying it either.

Unanswered questions:
* Why send referrers? The fact that they use an easily identifiable referrer (LIVSOP) means that it should be very easy to cloak against.
* Does anyone seriously spend a lot of effort cloaking to MSN? MSN/Live often sends little more traffic than Ask.com.
* Why download external JavaScript? (e.g., AdSense)
* Why did it take so long for Microsoft to come up with an explanation to the problem? And why doesn't MSNdude respond here?

It seems more likely to me that it was at least partially designed as a referrer spam campaign.