MSN Update Jan 23, 2006

Looking good MSN!

[MLHmptn]

It appears MSN has done another update and so far to me it looks very good in my niche. Sub-domain spam seems non-existent as well. Hoorah MSN LIVE!

[Jon_King]

I'm still getting different results between search.msn.com and search.live.com.

[Edited] - I noticed my MSN defaulted to Spanish in the Live returned results for some reason... never mind.

[edited by: Jon_King at 1:28 am (utc) on Jan. 24, 2007]

[textex]

I don't see an update.

[BillyS]

I hope there wasn't an update... I still don't show up for my own site name.

[atlrus]

MSN staff must be a bunch of amateur programers.

Do a search for [edit]no specifics please[/edit]and Google shows as #4 - HOW?!?

Please, MSN Dude, stop by and give me the down-low on how is this possible, what kind of algo would put google.com on this position for this keyword. All of you guys should be fired, and a completely new team should be assembled immediately.

[edited by: Receptional at 9:05 am (utc) on Jan. 24, 2007]
[edit reason] removed a porn search query [/edit]

[sandyeggo]

I wished it was an update, but its not a good one if it is..
On a mail key phrase i watch, in position #1 a hacked site has the top spot - no content at all, just a picture of the turkish army soldiers. Title says this (not even close to what I looked for)
"Ownz ¦¦ INT-KM TIM Was Here ¦¦ We Are Turkish Cyber Army ¦¦"
Page was cached 1/15/07

2 of the 3 words i searched for are in domain name.

[Receptional]

atlrus - look up "link bombing" and you'll find your answer.

[angiolo]

For me it seems a slight update.

Depending on your targeted market, pay attention to the parameter in you bar ( mkt=xx.XX ), since results could be local.

For example for US English

mkt=en-US

You can change it manually or you can modify it in the options:

[live.com...]

Ranking can differ a lot....

[steveb]

Still absolute chaos with 301s.

Still incompetent disappeared entire domains.

Also, probably related to 301s, the results are almost astonishing in how they don't rank index pages of domains for main keywords. In case after case I see an authority domain with an internal page as the top result, even though it is in no way a better result than an index page for that query. This makes the results look silly, but more troubling is that it reflects MSN's fouled up technology.

[atlrus]

Also, probably related to 301s, the results are almost astonishing in how they don't rank index pages of domains for main keywords.

This is so true.

This has been going on for months. How long does it take to fix a bug like that? Here is a suggestion - give Google a call and ask them how to fix this mess :)

[Fish_Texas]

Pleeeeese don't call Google...
We'll all be selling shoes for a living after they knock us off the SE...
MSN will get it together...err...hopefully. :-)
Fish Texas