Getting good traffic from MSN

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Getting good traffic from MSN

70% of google

ideavirus

2:07 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

hello,

Lately, one of my sites is getting very good traffic/referrals from MSN, almost 70% that of what google sends.

Though, i have not seen msnbot in my logfiles as some of you have seen it, not sure whats powering MSN at the moment?

Anyone else also seeing good traffic from MSN to their sites?

Cheers

DaveN

2:11 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

Me too up 60% now, seeing an increase in yahoo where they are using INK also

DaveN

markus007

10:12 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

I'm going down steady in MSN, about 20% of where i was 3 weeks ago. How does one optimize for INK? My Yahoo referals are greater then my google referals now, so none of this is making much sence.

panic

10:17 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

Though, i have not seen msnbot in my logfiles as some of you have seen it, not sure whats powering MSN at the moment?

Inktomi is powering MSN at the moment, but that could soon change.

Anyone else also seeing good traffic from MSN to their sites?

One of my sites is getting very good traffic from Inktomi/MSN. :)

ogletree

10:21 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

My MSN traffic has gone up as well. My looksmart ads are much cheaper than my Ad Words or Overture.

jim_w

10:22 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

Since G's last update, I actually got a hit from hotbot. I haven't seen a hit from hotbot in almost a year I bet. My MSN hits are up by 50% also.

ogletree

10:26 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

Actually I am getting hits from about 4 differnt engines outside the big 3.

panic

11:38 pm on Dec 5, 2003 (gmt 0)

Actually I am getting hits from about 4 differnt engines outside the big 3.

Engines or portals?

ogletree

4:00 am on Dec 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

AskJeeves, Altavista, InfoSpace, Lycos, iWon, Overture/Goto

ideavirus

8:44 am on Dec 7, 2003 (gmt 0)

Other than MSN ... i am also getting few referrals from altavista. dogpile, AJ, AOL and few others too, though they are very small compared to others.

Is this a sign of people stating to use other search engines again now after Google's florida update?

Thanks

panic

6:52 pm on Dec 7, 2003 (gmt 0)

Is this a sign of people stating to use other search engines again now after Google's florida update?

It doesn't sound too farfetched... you could be right. I wonder if there's anywhere we can see cold hard stats for that.

2_much

5:11 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Wow I was just gong to post this today, our MSN numbers are way way up since the 17th of November.

Also, I even saw a few referrals from Hotbot and Altavista. I guess people are looking for alternatives.

MSN traffic is great - so qualified - they buy.

panic

5:26 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

MSN traffic is great - so qualified - they buy.

Does that only apply to the Inktomi results, or does it also apply to LookSmart and MSN Featured Site listings?

ogletree

5:27 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Of course most of my MSN refers are from looksmart. I guess that will go away. :(

sem4u

5:34 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Of course most of my MSN refers are from looksmart. I guess that will go away.

Not if you do well in Inktomi :)

panic

5:37 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Not if you do well in Inktomi :)

LS listings will be gone from MSN soon, so no matter what, his LS listings in MSN are going to be gone.

sem4u

5:39 pm on Dec 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

That is true panic, but what I meant was that the Ink listings will move up the first page (or rather get onto the first page) of MSN's search results.

ogletree

2:41 pm on Dec 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

Man my MSN traffic was up a lot yesterday. I had 1 site MSN was the number one reffer and google was number 3. Another one had MSN number 2 and google number 1. This is not normal for these sites.

ILLstyle

3:02 pm on Dec 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

My msn traffic is still at number 3. Google 1 and yahoo 2.

panic

7:07 pm on Dec 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

I'm getting a ton of clicks for one of my information sites :)

creative craig

7:24 pm on Dec 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

I am also seeing a great increase in hits from MSN/Inktomi over a wide range of topics.

Good traffic from Google, MSN, Altavista and AskJeeves. Even traffic from directories has been on the increase over the last three weeks.

panic

11:39 pm on Dec 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

I looked at the referrals I've been getting lately and their hostnames, and about 90% of all visitors that come from a search engine (new visitor, essentially) have a .edu hostname.

I'm guessing this is because it's about that time to do finals or to write term papers, and students are doing research on my topic.

I'm loving this :)

ideavirus

9:08 am on Dec 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

For one of my information sites, i am getting 25% more than google.

Yahoo happens to be somewhere around 6th with very less referrals. Looks like Y is experimenting with something as its got neither INk nor G in its SERPs?

Cheers

dwilson

4:14 pm on Dec 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

I am getting some MSN traffic, thanks to my Zeal listings. (Both my sites are informational.)

Will there be any way to be listed in MSN w/o paying for it after MSN quits using Zeal/Looksmart?

Everybody says MSN will use Overture & Inktomi -- both of which sound like $$$$$.

shorebreak

11:07 pm on Dec 23, 2003 (gmt 0)

Very interesting to hear how Florida seems to be helping spread search traffic away from Google and to other search engines.

Any more anecdotes on growth in traffic from other engines?

Istvan

5:29 pm on Dec 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

In Europe we paid 159E to get listed in MSN. It was a paid listing probably trough Looksmart. When MSN will boot Looksmart within a few days does this mean they remove those listings as well or what? I guess overture still is at the top spot after the removal of looksmart.

Any ideas?

Istvan