Not to be totally outdone by Google’s deal with MySpace, MSN has partnered with college social-networking site Facebook.
With this deal, Microsoft could see its paid search revenues jump, predicted David Berkowitz, director of strategic planning for search engine marketing firm 360i. “It’s a critical deal for Microsoft,” Berkowitz said. “It gets them more distribution, […]

I doubt this will last long, but for now it looks like MSN Spaces is an effective way to spam Yahoo!’s search results. Here are the current organic rankings for über-competitive “background checks“:

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Formerly powered by Google, Amazon’s A9 and Alexa’s search are now powered by MSN’s Windows Live. Check out these searches for “cheese”:
A9
Alexa
Wonder what that cost?