Using MSN Search - DOTNET

your need to make a search bot friendly site:

http://help.live.com/help.aspx?mkt=e...=wl_webmasters

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Uriah Piddle wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>
> I wrote MSN Search into my ASP.NET 2.0 website and confugured it to search
> only my website so that, in effect, it is a local search utility. I
> published the website back in September. It took until last month for my
> website to get indexed. The problem is that search results are returned only
> for the default page.
>
> If I change the website to be searched to some other site, results come back
> for all pages.
>
> I was wondering if anybody knows how this works. Does MSN index the home
> page first and then come back and do the other pages later?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
>
>

Thanks Bruce.

Here I've detailed most of the things you need to know to ensure your site
is indexed properly by the major search engines:
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/Spiders.aspx

You might also be interested in this free search control:
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/SearchBox.aspx

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net
http://iPhonePlaza.net


"Uriah Piddle" <stephenprescott@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eE1byCqOIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Gang,
>
> I wrote MSN Search into my ASP.NET 2.0 website and confugured it to search
> only my website so that, in effect, it is a local search utility. I
> published the website back in September. It took until last month for my
> website to get indexed. The problem is that search results are returned
> only for the default page.
>
> If I change the website to be searched to some other site, results come
> back for all pages.
>
> I was wondering if anybody knows how this works. Does MSN index the home
> page first and then come back and do the other pages later?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
>

Thanks Steve. I got dragged into another thing after the post but I will use
your good suggestions.




"Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in
message news:F78ECC80-EF90-4DC4-AFD7-35210107D276@microsoft.com...
> Here I've detailed most of the things you need to know to ensure your site
> is indexed properly by the major search engines:
> http://SteveOrr.net/articles/Spiders.aspx
>
> You might also be interested in this free search control:
> http://SteveOrr.net/articles/SearchBox.aspx
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr,
> MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
> http://SteveOrr.net
> http://iPhonePlaza.net
>
>
> "Uriah Piddle" <stephenprescott@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:eE1byCqOIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Gang,
>>
>> I wrote MSN Search into my ASP.NET 2.0 website and confugured it to
>> search only my website so that, in effect, it is a local search utility.
>> I published the website back in September. It took until last month for
>> my website to get indexed. The problem is that search results are
>> returned only for the default page.
>>
>> If I change the website to be searched to some other site, results come
>> back for all pages.
>>
>> I was wondering if anybody knows how this works. Does MSN index the home
>> page first and then come back and do the other pages later?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>