Search Engine Marketing Blog: piloSEO

So I signed up for Webmaster Tools Beta Testing yesterday. Jaan had a comprehensive review of the new program and his review is pretty much right on the money IMO. I received this email from Live Search today requesting feedback for the product. I implore everyone who is testing this to offer their feedback to make this tool better. Of course, in typical MSN fashion they sent me a URL that resolves on a Page Not Found but there is an email address. Here is the email I received.

We hope the testing is going well!
Your feedback is very important to us—it’s the very reason we are excited about having you in this private beta! Please follow the links on the Connect site to request support or leave feedback. The Connect site is:
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=466&wa=wsignin1.0
Also stop by the Connect site often for the latest news on the beta!
(Please email lswmp@microsoft.com to request support or leave feedback if you do not have access to Connect.
If you don’t have access to Connect but would like to have access to read upcoming FAQs, Terms of Use, the latest news on the Beta, request support or leave feedback, please contact lswmp@microsoft.com and we’ll have a Connect invite sent.)
Here are some tips and tricks to remember when testing.
Site Information
When was the last time your site was crawled? How many pages are in the index? Is your site blocked? To get the answers to those questions and more, click on the Summary tab. There you’ll be able to view the site information that is important to you.
Keywords
Do you want to see what pages are returned in your site for a particular keyword? To play around with different keywords, click on the Keyword tab and enter a keyword. You may be surprised with the results.
Sitemaps
If you have a sitemap, please be sure to submit it to us. Click on the Sitemap tab, provide the sitemap URL and click submit.
Please contact us with any questions at the address below. Thank you for your time, and happy testing!
Live Search Webmaster Tools Beta Team
lswmp@microsoft.com

 

MSN Live is late to the party on everything and the can’t seem to get out of their own way but with the help of the bright minds in the search world they may finally get something right. If you are a Beta tester please take a bit of time to let them know how they can make this product better.

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