IS MSN Making changes?

[San Diego Real Estate]

Is it just me or is MSN making Major changes since thursday? ;)

[HMiller]

In terms of MSN serps I seem to be holding steady for all of my keywords.

[San Diego Real Estate]

HMiller thanks please keep an eye out and keep me posted!
Thanks! How are your backlinks?

[HMiller]

Sure will San Diego, always have my eye on my rankings :D

Linkbuilding is going ok. Slowed down a little bit, for various reasons it seems like I'm rejecting many more link exchange requests than ever. As I get more experience and knowledge about SEO and linking I'm getting alot more picky which really cuts down on the number of sites I link with but I suppose it's just becoming a matter of quality over quantity which IMO is never a bad thing.

[San Diego Real Estate]

Sounds like we are on the same page! I could right the book on what Not to do ;)

[HHI Golf Guy]

Have you tried the Co-Op Ad Network (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/?s=5712) for adding links?The program still needs to be refined a bit to allow for categorized link partners, but it's a neat idea to gain links.

Will it help your rankings? I'm not convinced that it has a huge impact, but it doesn't hurt.

[San Diego Real Estate]

HHI Golf Guy

I have not used these guys! Have you or do you know of someone that has? ;)

[HHI Golf Guy]

I use the co-op ad network for a few of my sites and it works fine. There are a lot of "chicken littles" out there that are predicting gloom, doom, and banishment for co-op members (I was one in the beginning until I studied what was going on and the plans for the future). That won't happen. The co-op is simply another form of on-page advertising. I use both the co-op and Adsense on the same pages.

I do suggest that you rename the files to something else, just so snoopers can't figure out what is going on with your site. Also, if your running on Windows IIS, it's a pain to set up (I have managed to get it running on a few IIS sites).

Will it rocket a site to the top of the SERP's? No. If the site is poorly optimized and has a poor linking strategy it will still rank poorly. On the flip side, I have seen my backlink count go up.

Will it help new sites? Not that much. The system is predicated on the fact that a site must be indexed by Google. Then, for each increase in your PR you receive an added weight bonus that displays your ads more frequently.

I believe that using the co-op is one of the many, many factors that helps my sites link well.

I would appreciate it if you used the link that I posted earlier if you do choose to sign up. I get a referral for bringing in any new members.

[San Diego Real Estate]

Absolutely,

Appreciate the information! I will keep it in mind! ;)

[Real Estate Forum]

For some reason msn is switching the urls this forum is indexed with
http://www.national-real-estate-directory.com/real-estate-forum/index.php?
this is now the url indexed. No clue where they have it from - I have also heard many inconsistancies when it comes to 301 redirects and which urls appear in the SERPs, the redirects and the urls that are being redirected to.

[Phoenix Realtor]

Is it just me or is MSN making Major changes since thursday? ;)

I'd say... I am at #1 for my main KWP Phoenix real es-tate, also #1 for secondary's too like Phoenix Ho-mes, Phoenix Ho-mes for sale, Phoenix real esta-te agent. Now if they could only drive more traffic to our sites, say on the level as Google does, I'd be set. :)

[Phoenix Realtor]

Of course after posting I went and checked and Phoenix re-al estate is down to #2 now. All the others still hold at #1 though.

[San Diego Real Estate]

Has anyone else noticed a rotation about every other day of the Top three rankings in their market for ...... ....... Real Estate? We keep rotating with a couple of other sites #1 then #2 then #3 then #1 ???? :confused:

[Phoenix Realtor]

For sure it's not the first time I've been #1 for that KWP since MSN announced their new algo or whatever.

Seems to bounce like you say. I don't get it though. It's not like I make any changes when these things happen. One thing I noticed, maybe other have too, MSN mostly uses my Meta Description for their "blurb", but sometimes they do not and that is when I drop. Weird.

[Jade456]

MSN has some pretty lame results lately. They still like spammy sites too much. It seems the more popular term, the more the results bounce around from day to day. I guess they are still trying to find their way, so if you have good ranking today, just don't expect to be there tomorrow.

[Phoenix Realtor]

I see how you are now...

When I'm in first the reults suck and when your in first they really got their $hit together. Right? :rolleyes: LOL