Recently commercial search engines like Ask Jeeves, MSN and Yahoo are able to use an extra " Crawl-delay :" parameter in the robots. txt file to indicate the number of seconds to delay between requests.

Messenger ( formerly MSN Messenger Service,. NET Messenger Service and Windows Live Messenger Service ) is an instant messaging and presence system developed by Microsoft in 1999 for use with its MSN Messenger software and used today by its instant messaging clients including Windows 8, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Messenger for Mac, Outlook. com and Xbox Live.

Designed for use by corporate users as well as home users, it was originally created as a streamlined and integrated version of MSN Messenger.

The deal allowed Microsoft to license many shows from Viacom owned cable television and film studios for use on Xbox Live and MSN.

Because the WebTV client was subsidized hardware, the company had always required individual subscriptions for each box, but with the subsidies ended, MSN started offering free use of MSN TV boxes to their computer users who subscribed to MSN, as an incentive to not stray to discount dialup ISPs.

Like the MSN Companion, the " Deuce " is capable of broadband access, and allows the use of a mouse, but it uses the television as an output device, eliminating the need for a computer desk in crowded homes.

The resulting categories and profiles were downloaded at intervals by LookSmart and its partners, other search companies such as MSN, Lycos, and Altavista, for use in their own systems with or without modification.

The mobile phone's Windows Mobile for Smartphone OS allows users to access email and the Internet, use MSN Messenger, and view documents in Microsoft Office formats ( with third party software ) much like other Windows Smartphones such as the Samsung SGH-i600 or HTC Tanager.

To make use of these services requires a paid subscription to MSN and a Windows Live ID.

Versions of MSN Explorer later than 7. 5 require paid subscription, however, it is possible to use another Internet Service Provider while accessing content provided through the MSN Explorer software.

As of version 9, users must pay and subscribe to use MSN Explorer.

* Members of MSN Groups can use and contribute to message boards, document folders, photo albums and list pages.

" MSN Autos use industry-leading Identifix for reliable data on all automobiles.

Microsoft has since stopped distributing software that supports IRCX, and morphed its protocol into the protocol used on the MSN Chat network, which was not standardized or openly available for use ( however, its usage was very similar to IRCX and therefore most IRCX clients were able to connect to MSN Chat without much modification ).

Plugin support allows use of OTR with all of a client's implemented instant messaging protocols ( e. g. OSCAR, XMPP, MSN, YIM / YMSG etc.

Superlitio have also won plaudits for their innovative use of digital, notching up more than 40, 000 downloads of their latest album preview with a Colombian newspaper, and more than 150, 000 streams on the MSN portal during the launch week.

Microsoft Notification Protocol ( MSNP, also known as the Mobile Status Notification Protocol ) is an instant messaging protocol developed by Microsoft for use by the. NET Messenger Service and the instant messaging clients that connect to it, such as Windows Live Messenger, its earlier incarnations MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger, and Microsoft Messenger for Mac.

An internet service is also available through the device, similar in some ways to the American MSN TV.

Due to an e-mail glitch, her recommendation and analysis were not received on time by the MSN site, and voting proceeded for some time with Bacrot and Paehtz both recommending 58 ... Qe4 against only Felecan favoring 58 ... Qf5.

Also, MSN announced that this was the only move on which ballot stuffing had taken place at a level where it was significant, even though some players ( as previously mentioned ) had published a ballot stuffing technique and had admitted to using it several moves earlier.

DoubleClick with MSN were shown serving malware via drive-by download exploits by a group of attackers for some time in December 2010.

It is normally purchased as a yearly subscription ; some broadband services, such as MSN Premium, also offer rebranded versions of Spy Sweeper as part of their subscription.

MSN limits some HTML code from being used and JavaScript cannot be put onto any page due to security concerns.

The I-444 designation does appear on Rand McNally Maps, and can also appear on some online driving direction maps, like MSN Maps.

* Official MSN Direct website

* MSN Direct service website

On 1 October 2007, Sankei Shimbun's website and MSN Japan started a content partnership, MSN Sankei News.

* MSN産経ニュース, MSN Sankei News, website in MSN Japan.

In 2003, Opera Software – a Norwegian company – published a special " Börk " version of its internet browser, which turned the MSN website into " Swedish.

Up to 2011, the HotBot website was merely a front end for three third-party search engines ( Yahoo. com, MSN, and lyGo. com ).

Additionally, the website provides stock quotes through MSN Money, weather forecasts through Weather. com, RSS feeds, podcasts, and netcasts of the network's broadcasts.

* biographical article on MSN Lifestyle website, 15 June 2006, celebrating Noddy Holder's birthday

The MSN division of Microsoft engaged Salen as a consultant for the redesign of the website in 2004.

MSN Messenger does, however, now enable other users to see what their buddy is listening to and is linked to a website providing this music if needed, a concept spurred by this idea.

MSN Groups was a website part of the MSN network which hosted online communities, and which contained Web pages, hosted images, and contained a message board.

Users had the option of migrating their data to the social website Multiply, MSN ’ s partner for online groups.

MSN Money, a service of MSN, is a website about business news, that is edited in association with CNBC.

In the UK, MSN Money operate a financial price comparison website in conjunction with BeatThatQuote. com.

During the period when CNBC's online presence was housed at MSN Money, the show held its own daily Squawk Back Poll on the website, where viewers voted on a topical issue.

During the middle of the tour's first leg, MSN launched U2's first official website, U2popmart. MSN. com.

* Common Official Website-Jointly maintained website by Google, Yahoo, MSN for an XML sitemap format.