due to a server mishap, i lost all my articles, posts, etc. the server admin didn't have a backup. i had a backup dating back to august. i dropped out of MSN search results for some major terms. any idea how long MSN would take to start recognizing me again?
Depends on how long everything was blank. If it was less than a week or so, perhaps they'll be re-indexed and show up in MSN Search within a couple of weeks. If it went blank for longer (like, a month or two), you might have to start all over again.
Well unless you have all of that content that was in the search engines before you lost everything, those pages will no come back.