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LIVE Search SUCKS?

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    rsuog, Oct 12, 2007 IP
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  2. SEO_Headache

    SEO_Headache Peon

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    I wouldnt worry to much, its got 0 links for myspace.com too...........
     
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  4. rsuog

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    yeah, but i get 0 visitors as well....
     
    rsuog, Oct 12, 2007 IP
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    snowbird Notable Member

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    Well, try the site operator. I see no pages indexed for you. That would explain the lack of visitors...

    How new is your site? Are using a sitemap? Are you using compression (MSN hates it)?
     
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    one of my sub-domains also is not indexed in LIVE search, which is pr 4!
     
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  8. rsuog

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    The site is almost 3 years old
    No sitemap yet. do i really need it?
    no compression either

    http://www.smartpagerank.com/result.php?domain=http://webhostinggeeks.com

     
    rsuog, Oct 12, 2007 IP
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    I verified your robots.txt file is clean and no compression is used while dishing out your pages.

    You may want to request reinclusion. Why you are not in the index is beyond me. For a site as old as yours, and with as many pages, something should be listed.

    http://search.msn.com/docs/siteowner.aspx?t=SEARCH_WEBMASTER_PROC_ReincludeYourSite.htm

    I also would create a Google compliant XML sitemap. Yahoo and Live both support them, and it will assist their bots, especially Live should they re-include your domain.

    Remove the data in your robots.txt and include this (after you create the XML sitemap):

    User-agent: *
    Sitemap: http://webhostinggeeks.com/sitemap.xml

    It would be interesting to see your logs and the activity of Live's bot...

    Good luck
     
    snowbird, Oct 13, 2007 IP
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    Live search sucks i think that pretty much says it all. I have 1 site ranked at the top and several older sites not even indexed. In most cases their search results are pretty rubbish too.
     
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    It's an understatement!
    Even if you are indexed the traffic from live is ridiculous.
    I get (for same keyword) 20 a day from live, 300/400 from G and 200/300 from Y
    Go figure.
     
    guidyy, Oct 13, 2007 IP
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    M.IMRAN Well-Known Member

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    its because live search does not crawl as much as Google crawlers.
    very slow crawling rate with rarely updates in search results.
     
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    I agree that search traffic from Live is low. About 6% of my search traffic comes from Live. But hey, traffic is traffic. If it does not cost me a dime, I'm all for it. :)
     
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    I was getting around 10 hits a day from Live and about the same from MSN... until the 03 Oct, Now I get no hits at all and only one page is indexed..
    I will try what has been suggested to the OP...
    I have no idea why I have been dropped by them..

    James.
     
    tattoos, Oct 15, 2007 IP
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    tattos, you have sitemap? i just don't think that sitemap will help me to get in msn/live...
     
    rsuog, Oct 15, 2007 IP
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    Yes I do have a sitemap but it is a "sitemap.txt" not "sitemap.XML". I don't know if it makes a differance.
    I just sent a re include email to them and got a auto response email back saying:

    So I think it may be a wide problem..
    Hope they sort it out soon.
    You should email them and just ask, It can't hurt.

    James
     
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    yeah, thanks guys
     
    rsuog, Oct 16, 2007 IP
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    I only have 1 page indexed there.... too bad..
     
    izwanmad, Oct 16, 2007 IP
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    live search is crap...everyone uses Google, and to a certain extent Yahoo..I would worry about SERPs there before I even bothered looking at Live.
     
    mark123456, Oct 16, 2007 IP
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    all other search engines cannot compare to google and the ammount of people who use it. i wouldnt worry about live..
     
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