MSN is the number three search engine and trails a long way behind Google and Yahoo. Nonetheless, it can drive a substantial amount of traffic to your web site and should not be ignored. The following links provide valuable tools, insight and information to help you utilize MSN more effectively.

First and foremost is MSN’s Guidelines for Successful Indexing. This is the rule book of do’s and don’ts if you wish to see your web site rank wel in MSN. Guidelines are the rules that search engines publish to help you to build better Web sites that have better chances for obtaining higher rank positions. It behooves every designer, developer and e-commerce site owner to read these guidelines and take them very seriously

MSN’s Guidelines for Successful Indexing

If you have a new web site and wish to submit it to the MSN search engine, do it here. Do not submit a site multiple times. Once will do it. MSN is pretty good about indexing new web sites.

MSN Search – Submit Your Site

A useful addition to Internet Explorer that blocks pop-ups and allows an MSN search from any Web page. This one provides some basic benefits.

MSN Toolbar

The following link leads to an MSN page that provides a range of resource links to help find answers for MSN issues.

Site Owner Help

Are you interested in advertising using MSN’s pay-per-click program? If so, you will find the information you need here:

MSN Ad Center