Since launch, NetRegistry has assisted 1,201 customers to accelerate
their submission to the search engines using its GoLive service. Over
that period we have discovered that on average it takes 14 days to get
submitted to Google, 22 days to get submitted to Yahoo! and 42 days to
get submitted to Microsoft.
These numbers actually make Microsoft's search engine Live Search look better than it is since there still remain
several hundred customers who are unlisted on the Microsoft network and
many of those have been unable to get listed even after 150 days.
Attempts to get the Microsoft search team to respond to queries on this
subject have fallen on deaf ears and as such, NetRegistry has removed
support for submission to the Microsoft search engine and other Microsoft
supported websites like Live.com and MSN.com from it’s GoLive service until the situation improves.
GoLive is a $50 Search Engine Submission service that gets your website
listed on Google, Yahoo! and until recently the Microsoft Live Search & NineMSN.
Comment #1
(Posted by an unknown user) Rating
we all know that micro$oft is substandard in everything that they do, with the exceptions of litigation and bullying competitors.
its hardly newsworthy.
Comment #2
(Posted by Tom) Rating
Good to know. I guess big name brands sometimes may give the appearance of reliability, particularly a software giant like that should be able to perform better. Taking steps such as NetRegistry has done and exclude them is a good step , though sometimes may seem a little futile as MS is too big for its britches and rarely pays attention to such actions.
Comment #3
(Posted by Josh) Rating
Live search may have been slow at adding sites, and even seem down-right resistant at times, but it is still another popular service that not being in may reduce accessibility for possible customers. Perhaps rather than withdrawing support all together, a smarter idea would have been to not guarantee listing with Microsoft search engines but still attempt to get listed. Unless NR was hoping to start a revolution?
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