I like the new version
As far as some earlier comments about waiting until all the billions of other web pages are indexed, I think or assume they have been for example. I target a city. Comparisons from old to new
old
Results 1-15 of about 524865 containing "My secret term"
New
Results 1 - 10 of about 9,446,723 containing" My secret term"
so by all indications alot more sites are included and this is the same result for many different search phrases. And Yes I finally rank well on this new one...Its about darn time
So for all intense and purposes I believe that these new rankings will stand but I would suggest minor tinkering as I have also found that
links play a role
domain name plays a roll
content plays a roll
What I havnt figured out is keywords and description as I have a page with the exact same content as my index but i have NOT included any keywords or description in the tags, this was a test for google search and it did nothing but on this new MSN I rank #1 with this page and with keywords and description for the same page I rank 7th I dont know what to make of it, Oh and the No keyword page never did show up in google and I almost forgot about it until i read this thread and checked my rankings. I guess i will not be touching that page
My newest test is domain related I will post results in domain forum once they start to come in.
www.hoteldiscounthotel.com