MSN Guidelines for successful indexing

[Webnauts]

Here are some recommendations that may help MSNBot and other web crawlers effectively index and rank your site. We've also provided a list of items and techniques that MSN Search discourages.

[fctoma]

Originally Posted by Webnauts

Here are some recommendations that may help MSNBot and other web crawlers effectively index and rank your site. We've also provided a list of items and techniques that MSN Search discourages.

Where are the recommendations?

[sam-adam]

I can't find the recommandations.

Anyway where can i submit my site's to msn?

[incrediblehelp]

You dont have to submit your website to MSN. Just make sure you have IBLs from websites already indexed by MSN.

[coolguy27]

Originally Posted by Webnauts

Here are some recommendations that may help MSNBot and other web crawlers effectively index and rank your site. We've also provided a list of items and techniques that MSN Search discourages.

Technical recommendations for your website quoted from MSN Guidelines for Optimization

Use only well-formed HTML code in your pages. Ensure that all tags are closed, and that all links function properly. If your site contains broken links, MSNBot may not be able to index your site effectively, and people may not be able to reach all of your pages.

• If you move a page, set up the page's original URL to direct people to the new page, and tell them whether the move is permanent or temporary. For more information, see What to do when your site moves.
• Make sure MSNBot is allowed to crawl your site and is not on your list of web crawlers that are prohibited from indexing your site.
• Use a robots.txt file or meta tags to control how MSNBot and other web crawlers index your site. The robots.txt file tells web crawlers which files and folders it is not allowed to crawl. The Web Robots Pagesprovide detailed information on the robots.txt Robots Exclusion standard. This site may be available in English only.
• Keep your URLs simple and static. Complicated or frequently changed URLs are difficult to use as link destinations. For example, the URL www.example.com/mypage is easier for MSNBot to crawl and for people to type than a long URL with multiple extensions. Also, a URL that doesn't change is easier for people to remember, which makes it a more likely link destination from other sites.

That's what recommendation he's talking about...

[songtexte32]

Even if i get indexed i get no traffic from MSN.

[RamyD]

oh oh - can someone tell me why my site is not getting indexed? if so does this person mind only communicating by PMs? i don't mind if you told everyone what the problem was afterwards as long as you don't mention the site in question.

it's not a creepy site or anything adults only - no it's just a regular site.

any help appreciated.

[incrediblehelp]

Most of the time the reason the website is not getting index is because it simply doesn't have enough links. Feel free to PM me.

[fernimac]

I hve found somewhere on the net that you can tell MSN where your sitemap is through a special line in your robots.txt file. Has anyone tested whether the MSN indexation after including a sitemap file and that line in robots.txt dramatically improved? Just curious, because anyway we don't get traffic from msn either.

[incrediblehelp]

Have you looked at the somewhat new MSN Webmaster Tools?

Live Search Webmaster Center

[Kloans]

Originally Posted by incrediblehelp

Have you looked at the somewhat new MSN Webmaster Tools?

Live Search Webmaster Center

Thanks for the tool

[ushuiah]

MSN is more on on-page, so focus more on on-page in optimizing your site. But of course, you will still to do off-page optimization.

[bcdxer]

is there any traffic from msn?

[sheena]

Links with good anchor text. I've taken several sites in competitive niches to page 1 at MSN by concentrating on getting inbound links with anchor text consisting of the sought after search phrases.

[sryk]

Thanks for the recommendations mate.