MSN Update July 8

[nextgen66]

There was another algorithm update last night. Confirmed by a microsoft guy on another board. All my sites went down in the rankings somewhat.

[mdvaldosta]

I didn't notice much change, lost a few gained a few. Results looking more like Google's from what I've reviewed. Must be putting more emphasis on links.

[mystikmedia]

Originally Posted by mdvaldosta

I didn't notice much change, lost a few gained a few. Results looking more like Google's from what I've reviewed. Must be putting more emphasis on links.

Funny you say that. I thought MSN always put more on links than Google already.

[dcristo]

Originally Posted by mystikmedia

Funny you say that. I thought MSN always put more on links than Google already.

I would agree with that.

[TorchedSEO]

with the old algo it was links and page title. For example one site i did i had backlinks for "download free ringtones" and the page title was "Free ringtones". I was #23 for "download free ringtones" and #6 for "free ringtones" which wasnt in any of my anchored links.

[mdvaldosta]

Originally Posted by mystikmedia

Funny you say that. I thought MSN always put more on links than Google already.

I don't think MSN has ever put more emphasis on links than Google, only that they didn't seem to apply an age filter to the links. On page optimization helps alot with MSN. I've got sites ranking #1 for very competitive search terms with 1/10 the backlinks of the sites below me.

How else would you explain the low quality spam pages that occasionally show up on serps with hardly any backlinks.

[thesaddleryshop]

Don't seem to have got better or worse with them- hardly get anything :-(

[longcall911]

For the few terms I follow, I'm seeing more sites with secondary pages (indents) than before.

For example, for one phrase I was #2. Now I'm #3 but only because the #1 site has an additional page taking the #2 spot.

I'm seeing this pattern for a number of phrases.

/tom/

[grobar]

yeah same here.....30 unique a day from google, MAYBE one from msn?????

does that make sense, or is that normal?

[CPW-Carl]

Originally Posted by longcall911

For the few terms I follow, I'm seeing more sites with secondary pages (indents) than before.

Yeah I noticed this as well. I've got a few sites that rank in the top of MSN and often it is only my site that has the supplemental page. So in the top 5 I've got 2 spots, for example, sometimes position 1 and 2, but often the second page they show is not particularly relevant.

[ash1]

i saw a miniscule difference...and negative push on my sites

[seoindiaweb]

I did seeen some changes in my site.. i got BL updated on MSN and my site is now on #1 page for my main targetted keywords
may this cant be update because my site is just 40 days old so obviously they will be updating

[infonote]

I get no traffic from MSN. Yet in some keywords i am top in Google and Yahoo.

[Web Gazelle]

I didn't see much change. SERPs still make me feel sick when I look at them.

[badwolf]

I've noticed a significant change in SERPs and BL for my site, finally registered
on page 2 for one my keywords. Still not much traffic tho

[seoindia]

I hardly get any time for analyzing site rankings on MSN...Some of my sites went down as well....

[Original]

Msn sucks!!!!

[Web Gazelle]

Originally Posted by Original

Msn sucks!!!!

Nuff said.

[nextgen66]

I like the results better from MSN's international sites...

[Web Gazelle]

What was the latest report on MSN's market share? I wonder if these algo updates are helping it or killing it.