Search engine spiders have historically had major problems with "spider traps" - dynamic database-driven websites that serve up identical or nearly identical content at varying URLs (e.g. Alas, search engines couldn't find their way through this quagmire without severe duplication clogging up their indices. Search results from the same site are grouped together, with a maximum of two displayed by default. You can change this to display one, two or three results. Search-engine marketing is expected to be worth as much as $5 billion this year, and nearly $9 billion annually within four years, according to Jupiter Research. Microsoft's piece of the pie is smaller than the shares enjoyed by market leaders Yahoo and Google, and the software giant is hungry for more.

This is where we talk about ww.MSN.com that makes it clear that "MSN Search is not affiliated with the contents or authors of the page displayed below, meaning they are not responsible for its content. MSN's advanced features include language choice of search interface, language results, and safe search, amongst others. They also allow you to search for images, video and maps, within news or academic sites only, and in web feeds. MSN emails will come thru, but not hotmail or yahoo account emails. This may be a reason many people find it worthwhile to pay for the MSN account.

MSN also collects demographic information, such as ZIP Code, age, preferences, interests, and favorites. Information about the computer hardware and software is also collected.

ww.MSN.com Music (http://music.msn.com ) is a leading online music store with over 1 million tracks available for download in all genres. Songs downloaded from MSN Music can be played on more than 70 portable music devices that support the high-quality Microsoft Windows Media Format.

MSN Soapbox , Microsoft's attempt at a YouTube clone, may launch as early as tomorrow. Kurt Shintaku, a Microsoft employee, writes on his blog that he has been working on the "Warhol" project (the codename for Soapbox) for the past couple of months, and suggests that the announcement is imminent.

MSN/Live Video grew 25.3% to 35 million visits on the strength of 21 million visitors in October 2007. MSN India has been constantly upgrading its content delivery channels. The strategy focus was to incorporate mobile devices in their content delivery channel mix. MSN also offers numerous links, down either side of the page, to articles on topics of current interest. Beyond that, knowing what is where can be a little difficult.