MSDN confirm link command search problem
Earlier I reported about MSN Live Search link command problem. Today MSDN confirmed that its not a bug but has been purposely turned off.
For those of you who use some of the advanced query syntax in our search engine such as link:, linkdomain: and inurl:, you may have noticed that this functionality has been recently turned off. We have been seeing broad use of these features by legitimate users but unfortunately also what appears to be mass automated usage for data mining. So for now, we have made the tough call to block all queries with these operators.
We are doing our best to get this back online as soon as possible in a manner that allows folks that use this functionality for real queries. We have a few good ideas up our sleeve on how to enable this, but want to make sure we are making the right changes that will give you the functionality you want and all of our customers the experience they deserve. Our apologies and thank you for being patient. Keep an eye on our blog for updates.
Though I respect the intention of Microsoft to block bad spammers from using the service for misuse but this was no way to block genuine users as well. Well I hope Microsoft soon find a middle way out which will appeal to genuine users like me too.
March 29th, 2007 No Comments posted in Uncategorized
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