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Broken Bing?

Picturesque — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:20:54 +0000

Users are reporting issues submitting sites to Bing’s Webmaster tools site. Users are reporting “We could not find the page you requested.” messages. Bing – Can’t add website… – Bing Community

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Are You Bing-Abled?

Picturesque — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:03:08 +0000

Now that Yahoo! is serving up Bing results, the question is, are you Bing-abled? Together Yahoo! and MSN’s Bing comprise about 30% of the market. Being optimized for Google only is no longer an option. Ever since the talk of MSN and Yahoo! merging, I’ve been paying attention to having my customer’s sites MSN friendly. [...]

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Bing and Google Updating?

Picturesque — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:37:40 +0000

Search engines fluctuate, but this seems bigger than normal. Multiple forums have users posting some odd results for both Google and Bing (MSN’s new search). If your search results and site rankings are wonky, this could be why.Has Bing Updated?

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It’s Bing! Not Crosby

Picturesque — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:52:10 +0000

Microsoft Live is being replaced with Bing. It’s suppose to be an intelligent search. You can limit by category, preview pages, etc. Microsoft Corporation

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Microsoft’s New Search

Picturesque — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:52:18 +0000

It’s not Live, it’s Kumo. Microsoft is testing a new search engine code named Kumo. Is it just lipstick on a pig or will this Johnny come lately finally be able to steal some market share? http://kumo.com/

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Duplicate Internal Pages

Picturesque — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:56:25 +0000

The big 3 announced support for internal duplicate content. If you have a site with more than one way to get to a page, there is a new method for declaring the correct page. Simple to do in Miva Merchant, and probably other programs, the tag doesn’t have to be followed of course. Perhaps in [...]

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MSN Groups to Close

Picturesque — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:46:45 +0000

At the end of February, MSN Groups will be no more, instead recommending that you migrate to Multiply. Gee, MSN had a groups feature? <smile> Community Feedback

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When Geek meets Not Funny

Picturesque — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:33:45 +0000

The new Microsoft commercial get’s points for being really annoying. It isn’t funny and hasn’t any point. What are they trying to sell? Shoes? Club memberships? Personally I never found Seinfeld to be very funny. Kind of like this commercial, I thought the sit-com was annoying and pointless. The point of this is that this [...]

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MSN Keword Research Tool Update

Picturesque — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:27:27 +0000

MSN has an update to their keyword tool where they claim you can “more efficiently find keywords and plan campaigns in adCenter”. Always love improvements but like with all updates, keep a cautious eye on the numbers. Remember they make money from convincing you to advertise more but must balance this with providing a useful [...]

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Photosynth 3D Views for Free

Picturesque — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:11 +0000

Photosynth lets you create 3D views of anything by stringing together a lot of photos you have taken. A terrific tool for giving someone a complete view of something you have for sale or just showing off your home decor. Have a home for sale, a bed and breakfast or high dollar merchandise for sale? [...]

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