Comments on: Update your crawler detection: MSN/Live Search announces msnbot/1.1 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/ If you've read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Sat, 17 May 2008 12:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1280 Sebastian Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:07:38 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1280 Yep Simon, they really could improve their browser optimization as well as their geo targeting. :) I ran in such funny error pages too, which --not providing an EN-US link-- without Google Translate in the toolbar would be totally useless in the language of the country they think my IP addy is assigned to.

Yep Simon, they really could improve their browser optimization as well as their geo targeting. :) I ran in such funny error pages too, which –not providing an EN-US link– without Google Translate in the toolbar would be totally useless in the language of the country they think my IP addy is assigned to.

]]> By: Simon http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1279 Simon Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:54:51 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1279 Thanks Sebastian - when I went looking for contact information the website claimed I wasn't running a current web browser ?! At which point I gave up, since the folk at live.com are clearly clue challenged with this web technology ;) Thanks Sebastian - when I went looking for contact information the website claimed I wasn’t running a current web browser ?! At which point I gave up, since the folk at live.com are clearly clue challenged with this web technology ;)

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1251 Sebastian Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1251 Sorry Simon, I can't answer your question. Here are a few places where you can contact the MSN/LiveSearch team directly: Post a comment on their <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/webmaster/">blog</a> Ask for help in their <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/webmaster/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1984&SiteID=79">forum</a> Use their <a href="https://feedback.live.com/default.aspx?productkey=livesearchwebmastercenter&mkt=en-us">feedback form</a> Use their <a href="https://feedback.live.com/default.aspx?productkey=livesearchwebmastercenter&mkt=en-us">contact form</a> If all these methods fail, drop me a line. Sorry Simon, I can’t answer your question. Here are a few places where you can contact the MSN/LiveSearch team directly:
Post a comment on their blog
Ask for help in their forum
Use their feedback form
Use their contact form
If all these methods fail, drop me a line.

]]> By: Simon http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1250 Simon Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:28:32 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1250 We have a Squid accelerator. It is complaining the last week or so that many MSNBOT requests are malformed, and/or contain blank lines in headers. Some sort of Microsoft Extend and Embrace to avoid indexing websites that use Squid as their accelerator? ;) It is all IIS behind the squid box on that particular system. We have a Squid accelerator.

It is complaining the last week or so that many MSNBOT requests are malformed, and/or contain blank lines in headers.

Some sort of Microsoft Extend and Embrace to avoid indexing websites that use Squid as their accelerator? ;)

It is all IIS behind the squid box on that particular system.

]]> By: Social Media Logo Images « The Venture Skills Blog http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1247 Social Media Logo Images « The Venture Skills Blog Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:09:21 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1247 [...] the page but sometimes they are pictures from the page cropped. As you can see Sebastian’s MSN crawler update bug has been cropped. In this case the surface area of 250×165px was used in reality [...] […] the page but sometimes they are pictures from the page cropped. As you can see Sebastian’s MSN crawler update bug has been cropped. In this case the surface area of 250×165px was used in reality […]

]]> By: David Jacques-Louis http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1187 David Jacques-Louis Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:37:24 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/live-search-announces-msnbot-1-1/#comment-1187 Nice reading. Nice reading.

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