Comments on: Is the Potential Microsoft/Yahoo Marriage on Your Small Business Owner Radar? http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/is-the-microsoftyahoo-marriage-on-your-small-business-owner-radar/ Insights for entrepreneurs and online business owners Thu, 17 May 2012 11:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: blogadmin /articles/is-the-microsoftyahoo-marriage-on-your-small-business-owner-radar/#comment-1659 blogadmin Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:20:54 +0000 http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/is-the-microsoftyahoo-marriage-on-your-small-business-owner-radar/#comment-1659 Since MSN's algorithm lags behind that of Google's, tricks like cloaking, keyword spamming, etc. tended to work better with MSN's search engine. They haven't even made an official stance on paid links, which Google specifically punished in October of 2006. MSN's number of indexable pages is also lower, and I've heard it weighs the age of a page less than Google's algorithm does. This would make it easier to spam a site to the top much faster. Windows Live is a different product and is similar to Google. If any sort of merger goes through, it's not certain what Microsoft would do with this product. Since MSN’s algorithm lags behind that of Google’s, tricks like cloaking, keyword spamming, etc. tended to work better with MSN’s search engine. They haven’t even made an official stance on paid links, which Google specifically punished in October of 2006. MSN’s number of indexable pages is also lower, and I’ve heard it weighs the age of a page less than Google’s algorithm does. This would make it easier to spam a site to the top much faster.

Windows Live is a different product and is similar to Google. If any sort of merger goes through, it’s not certain what Microsoft would do with this product.

]]> By: Andy /articles/is-the-microsoftyahoo-marriage-on-your-small-business-owner-radar/#comment-1658 Andy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/articles/is-the-microsoftyahoo-marriage-on-your-small-business-owner-radar/#comment-1658 MSN is a "backyard for SEO spammers"? You can buy your way into the SERPs on Yahoo using their submission service. Take an overview of any industry, and you'll find that MSN search results are really similar to that of Google, while Yahoo's are entirely distinct. MSN is a “backyard for SEO spammers”? You can buy your way into the SERPs on Yahoo using their submission service. Take an overview of any industry, and you’ll find that MSN search results are really similar to that of Google, while Yahoo’s are entirely distinct.

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