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MSN Beta Search Launched

Msnbeta_1Today, Microsoft is launching their new search engine as a beta, or test, version. Up until now, they’ve been using the results of Yahoo-owned search engines and directories. This meant that if you submitted to Yahoo’s free search submission and got accepted, you could be sure that you would turn up in the MSN search as well.

As a Web developer, Microsoft’s new search means that I will need to find out how to submit sites to this search engine, and learn tips so that my clients’ sites will rank higher than their competition.

The official search doesn’t go live until January, and my testing of the service this morning got me the results: "This site is temporarily unavailable, please check back soon." Not an auspicious beginning, but I’m sure the boys and girls in Redmond are working hard. As Apple, Netscape, AOL, Corel, Sun, IBM and a thousand other companies can tell you, never count Microsoft out, even when they’re late to the party.

Rich Brooks
Search Engine Maven

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  • OCIE G. WILLIAMS

    received email toay from an attorney stating that msn(BILL GATES) WOULD PAY A SUM OF MONEY TO PAY EMAILERS ON THEIR BETA PROGRAM TO SEND EMAILS TO A NUMBER OF CONTACTS. IS THIS A SCAM?

  • OCIE G. WILLIAMS

    received email toay from an attorney stating that msn(BILL GATES) WOULD PAY A SUM OF MONEY TO PAY EMAILERS ON THEIR BETA PROGRAM TO SEND EMAILS TO A NUMBER OF CONTACTS. IS THIS A SCAM?

  • Judith Caesar

    I've recieved an email on 9/07 about Microsoft paying people to send out emails to everyone you know, that aired on Good Morning America. The email came from an attorney is this a scam to get people email addresses to send spam mail? Please confirm I recieved another email from someone else today, which I did forward to others a month ago.

    it this an april fools joke?

  • Judith Caesar

    I've recieved an email on 9/07 about Microsoft paying people to send out emails to everyone you know, that aired on Good Morning America. The email came from an attorney is this a scam to get people email addresses to send spam mail? Please confirm I recieved another email from someone else today, which I did forward to others a month ago.

    it this an april fools joke?

  • http://www.flyteblog.com Rich Brooks

    Yes, it's an April Fools Joke. Happy April Fools, 1998.

  • http://www.flyteblog.com Rich Brooks

    Yes, it's an April Fools Joke. Happy April Fools, 1998.

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