MSN to eliminate Looksmart listings?

LookSmart said MSN plans a similar test for the United States in October

[roscoepico]

In its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, LookSmart said MSN recently tested a new search results layout in the United Kingdom that eliminated the directory layer of listings provided by LookSmart. LookSmart said MSN plans a similar test for the United States in October.

[internetnews.com...]

This would be huge for most as the directory listings tend to bury the free listings on page 2 or 3.

[ScottM]

If this happens, I'll be buying rounds of drinks at the next PubCon:>)

[Imaster]

Already discussed: [webmasterworld.com...]

[flea_au]

Separately, Payne said MSN is sticking with paid-inclusion partner LookSmart, which allows website operators to pay to have more of their pages included in internet searches.

Taken from the interview and article today. [silicon.com]

Cheers.

[trillianjedi]

Has anyone noticed if the MSN crawler is using LookSmart directory listings as a feed to crawl through?

TJ