The Other Search Engines

**Carolina SEO** · 03-23-2006, 04:45 PM

I have just recently tried repeated searches on MSN with all having similar results:

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Is anyone else having a problem with MSN Search?

**Carolina SEO** · 03-23-2006, 05:38 PM

Update...

I have recently learned on another forum that MSN search is down internationally (e.g. several points around the world experiencing the same results).

One person has stated it worked with only the latest version of Internet Explorer.

I'm very interested in the findings of those on Webmaster Talk!

**vangogh** · 03-23-2006, 07:40 PM

It's a few hours later, but it seems to be working for me at the moment. Maybe the problem is fixed.

**Carolina SEO** · 03-24-2006, 11:54 AM

Yeah, I received a couple of emails from MSN yesterday about the problem. The first was the standard... check this, check that on my end. The second admitted the problem was on their end and they were correcting it.

On the Digital Point forums, various people stated seeing the problem at various places around the world. Rather interesting that MSN Search was down internationally for such a period of time.

**vangogh** · 03-25-2006, 12:00 AM

It is weird, but goes to show if it can happen to them it can happen to anyone. About a month ago I think Google AdSense was down internationally. Seemed the problem migrated from one country to the next. I think it started early in the day in Europe and then was here in the US later that night. A day later it was all working again.

I think it was Google making some updates on their servers, but I never could find out. Maybe MSN was doing something similar.