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telos · Dec 21, 2006, 11:35

Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, Ignore MSN Search at your Peril.
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Kurt Maine · Dec 21, 2006, 23:20

That was great reading, thanks for sharing that. I don't usually check the articles.

thetafferboy83 · Dec 22, 2006, 04:24

I'm ranked much better in MSN that Google for most of my sites, however it delivers around 4% of my traffic while Google weighs in at 50%... I'll take my chances!

Jul 13, 2007, 00:52

I agree with you, I have personal experiences of my sites listing so fast in 2-3 days of submitting it to MSN LIVE, it quickly indexes each and every page of the site even javascript links, moreover it don't gives backlinks very much importance and it also looks for quality of results. I don't know why people are not using this great search tool which i personally think is good for we webmasters as our sites takes few days to top on msn as compared to months on google. People are used to use and speak about google it is habbit, they don't know what the real winner product is. what is the need of millions of pages for simple keyword when people only hardly go to 15 result's page.
search engine shows up accurate results in top 10 sites why one needs millions of pages when no one can access millionth page.

Feb 14, 2009, 05:02

MSN is easy, everyone knows that.
If you concentrate on Google (which is hard) - chances are you will do very well on MSN searches as a result.

jdw4jesus · Feb 17, 2009, 20:34

Great post! I agree completely! MSN may not result in a lot of traffic, but at it is more than you would have had without it! :)

Jonathan

http://www.photosforsouls.com

esds · Feb 18, 2009, 03:17

I think Yahoo provides better results than MSN.

learnerseo · Feb 18, 2009, 04:48

Ranking algorithm of MSN also seems quite simple. Its only backlinks, IMO.

nixies · Feb 18, 2009, 05:02

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Ranking algorithm of MSN also seems quite simple. Its only backlinks, IMO.

It doesn't dig as deep though so most low quality links are discounted.

zeruel · Feb 18, 2009, 06:09

Also, I guess chances of conversion for MSN is really quite higher...

TeddyP · Feb 18, 2009, 07:10

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Originally Posted by Anonymous

MSN is easy, everyone knows that.
If you concentrate on Google (which is hard) - chances are you will do very well on MSN searches as a result.

Yeah concentrating on Google so far I have reached 6th for a pretty competitive keyword...checked MSN today and I was 2nd...with no targetting of MSN whatsoever.

I ignored MSN but just my work towards google was enough to rank high in it.

condomjerk · Feb 18, 2009, 15:39

I'll have to agree that it seems easy to rank in MSN without even trying anything special, just the usual optimization techniques.

And while I rank well for my keywords and love MSN, I get 77% of my traffic from Google.

I would rather have more traffic and rank poorly than rank well and have almost none.

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Dec 21, 2006, 11:35	#1
telos SitePoint Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 192.168.2.34 Posts: 251	Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, Ignore MSN Search at your Peril. __________ The link to WebSideStory, June 2005, is now found at: http://www.websidestory.com/company/news-events/press-releases/2005-06-28.html

Dec 21, 2006, 23:20	#2
Kurt Maine SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 65	That was great reading, thanks for sharing that. I don't usually check the articles.

Dec 22, 2006, 04:24	#3
thetafferboy83 Non-Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,330	I'm ranked much better in MSN that Google for most of my sites, however it delivers around 4% of my traffic while Google weighs in at 50%... I'll take my chances!

Jul 13, 2007, 00:52	#4
Hargurnaz SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	I agree with you, I have personal experiences of my sites listing so fast in 2-3 days of submitting it to MSN LIVE, it quickly indexes each and every page of the site even javascript links, moreover it don't gives backlinks very much importance and it also looks for quality of results. I don't know why people are not using this great search tool which i personally think is good for we webmasters as our sites takes few days to top on msn as compared to months on google. People are used to use and speak about google it is habbit, they don't know what the real winner product is. what is the need of millions of pages for simple keyword when people only hardly go to 15 result's page. search engine shows up accurate results in top 10 sites why one needs millions of pages when no one can access millionth page.

Feb 14, 2009, 05:02	#5
Anonymous SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	MSN is easy, everyone knows that. If you concentrate on Google (which is hard) - chances are you will do very well on MSN searches as a result.

Feb 17, 2009, 20:34	#6
jdw4jesus SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 81	Great post! I agree completely! MSN may not result in a lot of traffic, but at it is more than you would have had without it! :) Jonathan http://www.photosforsouls.com

Feb 18, 2009, 03:17	#7
esds SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: US Posts: 1,171	I think Yahoo provides better results than MSN.

Feb 18, 2009, 04:48	#8
learnerseo SitePoint Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 342	Ranking algorithm of MSN also seems quite simple. Its only backlinks, IMO.

Feb 18, 2009, 06:09	#10
zeruel SitePoint Evangelist Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SouthEast Posts: 451	Also, I guess chances of conversion for MSN is really quite higher...

Feb 18, 2009, 15:39	#12
condomjerk SitePoint Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5	I'll have to agree that it seems easy to rank in MSN without even trying anything special, just the usual optimization techniques. And while I rank well for my keywords and love MSN, I get 77% of my traffic from Google. I would rather have more traffic and rank poorly than rank well and have almost none.