MSN and Live Search with .us and .info sites

[ArtfulWebSites]

Has anyone been successful in getting their .us or .info (or any non-.com) sites indexed in MSN (Live Search)?

I have just noticed a pattern that NONE of my 18 .us or 1 .info sites have been indexed by MSN, while all of my 50+ .com sites have. The .us and .info sites HAVE been indexed by Google and Yahoo. I used the exact same promotional techniques over the past several MONTHS to promote all my sites. Does MSN have an aversion to non-.com URLs?

All these sites were also built the same way. They all have a similar structure and many have similar subject matter (NO adult, guns, political, or any other controversial content) - just nich product sites.

Can anyone shed some light on this mystery with MSN? Is there something I can do to get my non-.com sites listed in MSN?

 

[enlytend]

Just checked - 45 pages of a .info, 47 pages of a .us indexed here.

Here are a couple of links from that might help:

Guidelines for Successful Indexing
Troubleshoot Issues with MSNBot and Website Crawling

MSN used to really dislike sites with canonical issues (same page referenced in multiple ways, not redirecting non-www to www, etc.) so check for that also.

 

[ArtfulWebSites]

Thanks for the Info

Just checked - 45 pages of a .info, 47 pages of a .us indexed here.

Here are a couple of links from that might help:

Guidelines for Successful Indexing
Troubleshoot Issues with MSNBot and Website Crawling

MSN used to really dislike sites with canonical issues (same page referenced in multiple ways, not redirecting non-www to www, etc.) so check for that also.

enlytend,

Hey, thanks for the info and tips. Yes i do have the non-www. redirected to www. I will research those links you provided.

Thanks again for being very helpful.