Most people trying to optimize their site to get rankings and traffic find that they succeed fast in the case of Google but have a hard time when it comes to MSN/Live Search.

One basic reason is the difference in ranking algorithms of MSN and Google.From some of the threads posted in the best seo forums related to this topic,here are the major points for better ranking in MSN.

1.Ensure that the domain/website has several backlinks i,e focus on the quantity of backlinks.
2.Change the site contents by making sure that their content is fresh and unique always.
3.Focus on keywords positioning within title and description.
4.Bold the keywords in the content of the websites.

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