How to Get Your Site Indexed in MSN
MSN is a Microsoft branded search engine and Internet service provider. While Microsoft has not completely abandoned the MSN brand, it has been replaced by Microsoft's newest search engine tool, called Bing. If you submit a Web search using the MSN search box, the results come back on a Bing Web page. Therefore, to get your site indexed in MSN you have to submit your site to Bing. There are several ways to do this.
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Instructions
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Submit Your Site to Bing
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Go to the "Submit Your Site to Bing" Web page (see Resources).
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Enter the complete URL of your website's home page in the designated field box.
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Complete the CAPTCHA word challenge.
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Click the "Submit URL" button. The BingBot search engine crawler follows the links on your website's homepage to locate other pages on the site. It is not necessary to submit the URLs of individual Web pages on your site to get them indexed by Bing. Submitting your homepage URL is enough to get the entire site indexed.
Submit Your Site to Bing Via Webmaster Tools
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Sign up for a Bing Webmaster Tools account (see Resources).
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Log into your Bing Webmaster Tools account. Click "Add a Site." Enter the URL of your website's homepage and click "Submit." Follow the instructions to verify ownership of your website.
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Click on the website in the "Site" box. Go to the "Index" tab. Click "Submit URL" in the menu.
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Enter the complete URL of the Web page(s) on your site you would like to have crawled or recrawled (because the page has been updated) in the "Enter URLs" field box. To simultaneously submit multiple URLs through this tool, separate each URL entry by pressing "Enter." There is a submission limit of 10 URLs per day, and a total of 50 per month.
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Click "Continue," then click "Submit."
Submit a Sitemap of Your Site to Bing Via Webmaster Tools
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Create a sitemap for your website. A sitemap is essentially a list of the Web pages on your site. The simplest way to create a sitemap is to paste the complete URL address of each individual Web page on your site in a new Microsoft Notepad document. Separate each individual URL address by pressing "Enter" so each address appears on its own line. Save the sitemap with the file name "sitemap.txt." Upload the sitemap file to the public directory on your website's server.
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Sign up for a Bing Webmaster Tools account (see Resources).
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Log into your Bing Webmaster Tools account. Click "Add a Site." Enter the URL of your website's homepage and click "Submit." Follow the instructions to verify ownership of your website.
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Click on the website in the "Site" box. Go to the "Crawl" tab. Click "Sitmaps" in the menu. Click "Add a Sitemap."
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Enter the complete URL address, minus the "http://" protocol, of your website's sitemap in the "Sitemap Address" field box. Click "Submit."
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