MSN Search Engine
MSN Submission and Ranking Information

MSN Search

At the current time, MSN's search engine does not supply any of its own results. In the beginning of the internet and computer boom, MSN overlooked the idea of a search engine, until now that is. Currently MSN is working on their newest search ideas, code name "Longhorn".

Pending the release of this new technology they are developing, MSN's Search receives its main results from Yahoo!, its sponsored listings from Overture and its directory results from DMOZ. If, after a query is made and no results are found, MSN's secondary search results come from Inktomi.

MSN Featured Sites

As stated above, MSN search engine receives its search results from a variety of sources. The "Featured Sites" section search results are provided by MSN's sponsors. The results in the "Web Directory Topics" and "Web Directory Sites" sections come from Overture, one of MSN's primary provider. .

In some cases Overture does not have sufficient results, so Inktomi "Web Pages" results follow and thus your "free" indexed entries may rank well. At the top of the "Web Directory Sites" section, you can click on a link to view the 10 most popular sites provided by Direct Hit (now Teoma). The "Web Pages" section is provided by Inktomi.

Website Submission and MSN

Although you can submit directly to MSN, you would be better off to directly submit to Overture and Inktomi.

The top search results are generally in Overture sequence. Since Overture is a PPC (pay-per-click) directory, if your account balance falls to $0 your ranking in this section of MSN will vanish. This means that the rankings in MSN are not stable on a day-to-day basis and that you should consider paying into the Overture program.

MSN Add URL (via Inktomi)

To be considered for inclusion in the Inktomi Search Index, powering the MSN Web Pages section:

• Your site must be in English.
• Your site cannot contain pornography, pornographic or adult advertising, gratuitous or graphic violence, material that infringes on or violates someone's rights, or material that promotes/disseminates illegal activities.
• Your site cannot mirror or redirect to another Web site.

There are no guarantees on acceptance or turnaround time for these submissions.

MSN Add URL (via Overture)

When you advertise in Overture Premium Listings™, your business appears in the search results on MSN, as well as other top U.S. search sites.

The thing to remember is that you must have suitable URL content and be engineered to beat your competition within MSN before you register your pages. Just registering with MSN does not assure a suitable ranking.

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