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Live Referrer Spam...

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Getting tired of my WP blogs (and I'm sure other sites) getting pounded with spam coming through the Live search engine. Anyone else seeing this? Usually IPs starting with 65.55, but the last numb...

Microsoft To Acquire Powerset...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I saw powerset spidering today and picked up this on the Powerset Blog. [http://www.powerset.com/blog/articles/2008/07/01/microsoft-to-acquire-powerset]> ...

Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo...

Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080504...h8q6wKNGSxv24cA [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080504/wr_nm/microsoft_yahoo_dc_13;_ylt=AmGuhIH3DtfQJh8q6wKNGSxv24cA]> ...

Live Webmaster Tools Shows Me Blocked...

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I checked out Webmaster Tools (beta) today and I like it except one of my sites is shown as "Blocked". Well at least I know why Live's bots ignore it. The Tools area is similar to the on...

Microsoft buying Yahoo?!?!...

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Holy PPC upheaval, batman! It might be a good point of competitive balance as G tries to become Big Brother... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/t...icle3288281.ece [http://business.timesonli...

Microsoft Bids $1.2B for FS&T Engine...

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. bid $1.2 billion for the Norwegian search engine company Fast Search & Transfer ASA on Tuesday as it seeks to help companies trawl for information on the I...

Insight into who at MSN registers and pays for domains...

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Gotta be careful with who you may assign to manage your domain names and their renewals... http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2...rged-with-fraud [http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/12/11/e...

Live SE BOX...

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In the following code, you must replace "CODE PAGE USED BY YOUR HTML PAGE" with the code page number of the language your website is written in. For example, if your website is writt...

MSN Content Live Today - Need to Opt Out AGAIN...

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

MSN Content is live today and if you were in their beta and previously opted out, you need to do it all over again! Yes, you have to go back to each ad group and un-check each content box agai...

Warnning!!! Don't reply to the email from "Microsoft adCenter" ...

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I've just done talking with MS Adcenter rep over the phone regarding an email sent from "Microsoft adCenter" about updating my expiring credit card info. ...

Confusion about MSN adCenter new Terms & Conditions...

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

My apologies if you already saw this post as a reply in simcat's "Adcenter WTF?" thread. I thought it'd get better exposure in its own thread with a more appropriate title. If you're a...

MSN Adcenter reports...

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

It's 630 AM eastern time and Adcenter reports show that I only had 1 click yesterday. Unless MSN tanked my ads, the report generator is not up to date or perhaps not even working for me. By t...

Adcenter WTF?...

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I got an email with new TOS: Quote: - Microsoft may use matching criteria other than keyword searches to display your advertisements. - Microsoft may display your ad...

MSN-referral logs show terms that do not exist...

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I've seen a few referrals coming from MSN for terms that are not even close to anything I have on page and they are coming from micr~soft themselves not the bot, but from the 131~107~0~96 Does...

MSN Search off and on!!...

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Seems like lately, every now and then the search function is not working on MSN. Other links on the MSN home page connect, but the search does not. Anyone else noticing this? It seems this has...

MSNbot Hammering my Site...

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Lately msnbot has been hitting me *really* hard. We're talking about 2 million pages/month. While I welcome it, it puts a serious strain on my server. This is a good test because it shows me wha...

Lenovo agrees to pre-load Microsoft's Web toolbar...

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

At least they're trying: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070314...osoft_lenovo_dc [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070314/wr_nm/microsoft_lenovo_dc]> ...

MSN Content Ads/Sponsored Links...

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I know eventually they were supposed to come out with it, maybe they've been out for a select group and it's the first time I ever noticed? At the top, you might have to refresh it a few times. ...

I think I am out of my League with MSN...

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I tried to start my first campaign and I was rejected. I read the guidelines and do not understand how it works and how I can get my campaign accepted. Was it my ad that was rejected? My key...

Reports not working...

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

I am unable to check daily stats or generate summary reports for yesterday's activities since this new deal about ad frequencies in the budget summary.. anyone else? ...

MSN AdCenter volume vs. Google AdWords?...

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

How does AdCenter traffic compare to AdWords? As I mentioned in another thread, I've launched a bunch of keyword campaigns on Microsoft AdCenter, by having their staff upload all my current Go...

AdCenter 'QuickLaunch' defaults to 'spend wildly'...

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Warning: Be careful if Microsoft offers you "free help" in migrating your Google campaigns to AdCenter. Microsoft encouraged me to participate in the AdCenter "QuickLaunch"...

Hack Reveals How To Remove Sites From MSN Live Search?...

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Boogybonbon.com has revealed how you can potentially de-list your competitor's site from Microsoft's search engine. In short, most sites return a 200 status header for when you go to a page like domai...

MSN Free Site Search...

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

http://search.live.com/siteowner?mkt=en-us I know some were looking for something free like what Google has. Haven't tried it out so have no idea how good it is. ...

Is MSN loves new websites ?...

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Is MSN loves new websites ? I have experienced that MSN loves new sites and ranks well in serp for few early days and then swept out. I want to know is it happens to me only or same experience a...