Saturday, December 1st, 2007 |
Two months ago, one of my content sites got completely flushed from the Live index. This was a clean content site, with enough content and incoming links. Due to the fact that even though I had a lot of #1 keywords on Live the traffic was insignificant I didn’t pay attention to this.
Once the Live webmaster tools were announced, I decided to give it a try. The tools that they are currently providing are not enough not raise my interest so I decided to test drive it with the banned (?) site.
Today, I saw that the site got back, more pages indexed and with more keywords in the SERPs (the traffic still sucks though).
Now I am going to submit a few more websites to see if the pattern repeats.
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 |
A new option for sellers to expose their products for free: Live Product Upload from Microsoft; From product description:
What it is
The Live Product Upload, a free service for merchants interested in making their product catalog available in Live Product Search. This easy-to-use gateway is designed to enable online retailers to:
• Showcase products on Live Product Search
• Upload accurate and up-to-date product data directly into the Live Search index
What it does for you
Here is a quick glance of functionality accessible through this service
Catalog Management
Upload you product catalog in any of the formats support, i.e. text or XML through either HTTP upload or FTP. Products can include images, description, price, and links to web addresses on your site. You can upload any number of catalogs with no specific limits. Once your catalog is successfully published and has passed the validation steps it will be searchable through Live Product Search.
Easy Signup
You will need a Live ID (formerly Passport) to login and signup. Fill out a simple application that describes your business and optionally fill out more business details.
Reporting
Keep up to date on the status of your catalogs and keep track of your products on Live Product Search.
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