MSN on! (Boston)

[uca]

:mad:

It appears as MSN switched to the new version (I'm in Boston, Ma) and I am in trouble!
So what would you do if you were in my position?
(good with the old, bad in the new) :(

[JonahViaKeyboard]

I haven't seen a full switch. I heard they're intermittently rotation in some searches, but I'm in Boston too and am still getting old MSN results.

[ResaleBroker]

So what would you do if you were in my position?Backlinks!

[uca]

Jonah, it's funny, I am still seeing the new version here (South).

Resalebroker I guess you're right, I'm not doing very well with Google and that's why I'm prob not doing well with Google.
I'll have to focus on that part of SEOing...

[skattabrain]

anybody have screenshots of what it looks like? does it look like beta?
i really wish they would give search more real estate on MSN.

[phrozen_ra]

Yeah... it looks like beta... and it's still beta... only... live

[chachi]

yup, I have it here in San Fran.

[GuyFromChicago]

It's been "beta live" in Chicago since last Thursday/Friday :)

[uca]

It sounds as it's about to be the new official MSN search engine all over, and possibly the next challenge for Yahoo (too early for mighty Google)...

[Clubtitan.org]

Live here in South Carolina. I love it too do a search for Nissan Titan or Nissan Armada and my sites are #1 on both. Woot.
M4ck

[ResaleBroker]

Live here in Arizona. #1 for Sales Training (http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=sales+training&FORM=QBRE). Life is good.:)

[schlottke]

Nothing in Hawaii yet, but I'm seeing a lot more traffic from around the globe from MSN.

[debunked]

I am seeing MSN beta (beta is in the upper right corner) and lots of #1 spots

[uca]

Another day with MSN new (maybe I'll start calling as that because the beta testing is over? More or less?!?) in Boston.
I suppose we can get ready for full and definite coverage of the US at least.
Anything from elsewhere in the world?

[leeds1]

Have msn.com beta results in the UK but still old results in msn.co.uk

Today - MSN is Grrrrrrrrreat

[roadies]

it's live in Kansas City too

[selfstyledexpert]

I've got sites up and down in it, but i think the results quality in the places I'm targeting is outstanding. It is really good to see another search engine in town.

[Las Vegas Homes]

It seems to be up and live in Las Vegas as well right now. I have to love the real estate rankings it is offering. It went live here in Las vegas around 10 am this morning. Checking around 6:30 pst MSN beta results are still showing on the regular search for msn.com.

[Mia]

Well it would appear that MSN is rockin in WI. I saw one site that had around 100 + backlinks go up to over 9000 back links. I am wondering if all of this is going to settle out at some point? In any event it would appear that every site we have listed in MSN has an overwhelming increase in back links.

[a389951l]

I am getting some nice traffic from msn - what a nice bonus for the new year... I hope it continues!

[Refrozen]

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=refrozen&FORM=QBRE
That is now MSN Beta Search for me here in Canada!

Yay.

[seoxperts]

I see that live in India as well.

[john_loch]

Yep, the beta is here in Aus as well.

Couldn't half miss it - one of my sites was almost slashdotted !
No fear tho - happily monetized :)

Cheers,

JL

[john_loch]

It seems to be up and live in Las Vegas as well right now. I have to love the real estate rankings it is offering. It went live here in Las vegas around 10 am this morning. Checking around 6:30 pst MSN beta results are still showing on the regular search for msn.com.

Hell yeah. :)

I still say it sucks in terms of relevance (generally speaking) but hey, I'm in for the ride :)

Cheers,

JL

[thebassman]

Yeah, I'm seeing it live in both western and eastern Canada... and I'm getting a ton of traffic from it - it's now passed Yahoo and Google for the month (being ranked #1 for the term photography is helping a ton... LOL). I hope it lasts.

[cgo85]

Atlanta has been a go now for a couple of days. I'm also doing extremely well with my keywords.

[Clubtitan.org]

I can't believe the amount of traffic I am getting from MSN. I have picked up 130 new members this month already to my forums. I can see all the incoming traffic from the searches they are doing. Stuff I would have never even thought to target I am getting #1. Well I'm not gonna complain trust me. Hope it keeps up it is definately increasing my Adsense Income.
M4ck

[clasione]

I can't believe the amount of traffic I am getting from MSN. I have picked up 130 new members this month already to my forums. I can see all the incoming traffic from the searches they are doing. Stuff I would have never even thought to target I am getting #1. Well I'm not gonna complain trust me. Hope it keeps up it is definately increasing my Adsense Income.
M4ck


wow - that's excellent!

I can't wait to check stats at the end of the day.....

MSN - just went live here in New York USA early this morning....

[JonahViaKeyboard]

UCA - I'm seeing it now too. I wonder what the delay was. Thanks for the tip.

[wrkalot]

It's live here in Maryland. MSN rockS! ... until I drop from all of my #1 spots. Then they will be the evil monopoly again... like google is now! hehe

[ferret77]

down with google

[uca]

UCA - I'm seeing it now too. I wonder what the delay was. Thanks for the tip.

You're welcome jonah, I was wondering in what part of the town you are...
as already said I'm south. Maybe we were on the border of the switch!

[aspcoder]

I can also see new MSN today here in India

[Las Vegas Homes]

As of today at 11:30 pst, msn.com is still showing msn beta results for our real estate phrases. I wonder if this is one of the test markets or whether it has been released for most markets. I am seeing huge traffic increases from msn beta.

Also to this point most of the known cloakers are still not showing up as they are in google and yahoo, this is a good thing. Long live MSN to 7734 with google.

[exam]

down with google
I disagree. I rank #2 for some kws in msn and I don't even rank in G for the same kws BUT I continue to think that Google does a better job. I'm not complaining about ranking well with them, I just don't think they are better than Google.

When Microsoft gets its act together, they will be more like Google.

[uca]

When Microsoft gets its act together, they will be more like Google.

Targeted by spammers and finding them in the top positions, therefore spammy SERPS?

Of course Goo is the greatest, or at least the most used, but there's more room for non spammers on MSN right now, who knows in the future?

At present it looks great for good SEOs, spammers aren't in to it yet.

[jasonleexxx]

How do you know if they have switched to beta in your area?

[crear21]

When Microsoft gets its act together, they will be more like Google.

I completely agree. Now it seems they are 100% link driven, no filters.