MSN Search Competitors

Summary: Competitor web search engines

Major competitors:
* Google
* Yahoo

Comparison Chart

	MSN Search	Google	Yahoo!
Recommended Practices
Keyword-rich title tags	(y)	(y)	(y)
Keyword-rich body copy	(y)	(y)	(y)
Links from "important" sites	(y)	(y)	(y)
Keyword-rich link text	(y)	(y)	(y)
Practices to Avoid
Complex URL's	>5 parameters	>6 parameters	Unknown, but less tolerant than Google and MSN Search beta
Frames	To a degree (but orphan frames are common)	To a degree (but orphan frames are common)	To a degree (but orphan frames are common)
Javascript-based links	(n)	(y) to a degree	(y) to a degree
Too many links per page	Unknown	>100 links	Unknown
Page is too many clicks away from home page	>3 clicks	Unknown	Unknown
Automated queries	Currently not discouraged	Excessive queries from an IP address can result in the IP being blocked. Violates Google's Terms of Service unless using Google's API.	Excessive queries from an IP address are ignored.
Vital Statistics
Amount of page indexed	150K	150K	500K
Default # of results per page	10	10	20
Size of index	5 billion documents	8 billion documents	undisclosed
Market share	15% (existing Inktomi-powered MSN Search)	45%	32%
Querying
inurl:	(n)	(y)	(y)
filetype:	(n)	(y)	(y)
link:	(y)	(y) (but results are only a sampling)	(y)
linkdomain:	(n)	(n)	(y)
Boolean logic (+, OR, -)	(y)	(y)	(y)
Local search	(y) "Near Me" (currently very limited)	(y) Google Local	(y) Yahoo! Local
Reordering the search results	(y) (by freshness, popularity, exactness of match)	(n)	(n)
Query word limit	(y) No limit	(n) 32 words	(y) No limit
RSS Results	(y)	(n)	(y) News
Wildcard search	(n)	(n)	(n)
Indexing of RSS feeds	(n)	(n)	(y)
Crawling of links in RSS feeds	(n)	(n)	(n)

-- sspencer

Other competitor web search engines:
* A9
* AskJeeves
* Gigablast - av613

(For competitors to MSN Desktop Search, see DesktopSearchCompetitors)

SeeAlso: MSNSearch

%21 MSN Search Competitors
 
Summary%3a Competitor web search engines
 
Major competitors%3a
	* %5burl%3aGoogle%7chttp%3a//www.google.com%5d
	* %5burl%3aYahoo%7chttp%3a//www.yahoo.com%5d
 
 
%21%21%21 Comparison Chart
 
%7c %7cMSN Search%7cGoogle%7cYahoo%21%7c
%7c*Recommended Practices*%7c %7c %7c %7c
%7cKeyword-rich title tags%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cKeyword-rich body copy%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cLinks from %22important%22 sites%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cKeyword-rich link text%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7c*Practices to Avoid*%7c %7c %7c %7c
%7cComplex URL%27s%7c%3e5 parameters%7c%3e6 parameters%7cUnknown%2c but less tolerant than Google and MSN Search beta%7c
%7cFrames%7cTo a degree %28but orphan frames are common%29%7cTo a degree %28but orphan frames are common%29%7cTo a degree %28but orphan frames are common%29%7c
%7cJavascript-based links%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29 to a degree%7c%28y%29 to a degree%7c
%7cToo many links per page%7cUnknown%7c%3e100 links%7cUnknown%7c
%7cPage is too many clicks away from home page%7c%3e3 clicks%7cUnknown%7cUnknown%7c
%7cAutomated queries%7cCurrently not discouraged%7cExcessive queries from an IP address can result in the IP being blocked. Violates Google%27s Terms of Service unless using Google%27s API.%7cExcessive queries from an IP address are ignored.%7c
%7c*Vital Statistics*%7c %7c %7c %7c
%7cAmount of page indexed%7c150K%7c150K%7c500K%7c
%7cDefault %23 of results per page%7c10%7c10%7c20%7c
%7cSize of index%7c5 billion documents%7c8 billion documents%7cundisclosed%7c
%7cMarket share%7c15%25 %28existing Inktomi-powered MSN Search%29%7c45%25%7c32%25%7c
%7c*Querying*%7c %7c %7c %7c
%7cinurl%3a%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cfiletype%3a%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7clink%3a%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29 %28but results are only a sampling%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7clinkdomain%3a%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cBoolean logic %28%2b%2c OR%2c -%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cLocal search%7c%28y%29 %22Near Me%22 %28currently very limited%29%7c%28y%29 Google Local%7c%28y%29 Yahoo%21 Local%7c
%7cReordering the search results%7c%28y%29 %28by freshness%2c popularity%2c exactness of match%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c
%7cQuery word limit%7c%28y%29 No limit%7c%28n%29 32 words%7c%28y%29 No limit%7c
%7cRSS Results%7c%28y%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29 News%7c
%7cWildcard search%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c
%7cIndexing of RSS feeds%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28y%29%7c
%7cCrawling of links in RSS feeds%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c%28n%29%7c
 
-- sspencer
 
Other competitor web search engines%3a
	* %5burl%3aA9%7chttp%3a//www.a9.com%5d
	* %5burl%3aAskJeeves%7chttp%3a//www.askjeeves.com%5d
	* %5burl%3aGigablast%7chttp%3a//www.gigablast.com%5d - av613
	
%28For competitors to MSN Desktop Search%2c see %5bDesktopSearchCompetitors%29%5d
 
%5bSeeAlso%3a%5d %5bMSNSearch%5d

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