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Old 07-06-2004, 11:14 PM
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I've noticed over the course of a couple of searches today that some of the MSN search engine results have a star in front of them. What is the significance of the star?
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Where is the asterisk appearing exactly? Do you have some examples?
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Old 07-07-2004, 01:23 AM
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It's not an asterisk - it's a star.

Like this:

http://search.sympatico.msn.ca/resul...site+directory

#10 and #11 both have that star.

What's that all about?
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★ is actually in the title tag on those sites.
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Old 07-07-2004, 01:54 AM
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Ahh. I see what you mean. I didn't see it because it refreshed the page and I never thought to stop it.



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Yes you can add all kinds of symbols in your title tag to attract attention to it. Of course I dont because it could be frowned upon by the engines. Has any proven that this could be a possibility? If it isn't I am sure your listing is more apt to be clicked on than the others.
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Google filters them out.

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Old 07-27-2004, 04:48 PM
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Adam,

Thanks for asking!

I've moved your post to our new forum devoted to MSN Search. Now you can ask all your MSN Search-related questions in one place!

Enjoy!

Brittany
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