Search Engine Optimization got a lot easier

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• Respected sir,
  
                     what is SEO . i never heard about this and how it works?
  
  

• @Hemant: Search Engine Optimization, S.E.O. Bing it.
  

• I was excited to try out the SEO Toolkit but after installing the Web Platform Installer, it says that it doesn't support my OS. This makes no sense because I'm running Windows XP SP3 and it's on the list of supported OS's. Lame...
  

• yup!...won't run on WinXP SP 3...my experience as well :-(
  

• Hi, this work with BING?
  

• @Williams: yes, it helps with all search engines.
  

• can it run on sherhosting ?
  
  

• Great,I've used it on my server!
  
  

• Is it possible to install it without the Microsoft Web Platform Installer? We like to hear from you.
  
  

• I try it and I love this toolkit. As developer it makes my life easier.
  
  

• Hello, You should Google it, Bing is not good
  @Bertrand Le Roy: as you can see, many people don't know what is Bing. ha ha
  

• That's in fact interesting tool and it does produce sometimes shocking results. It can be very useful in detecting issues a developer will not be able to detect otherwise (like some broken link buried in the depth of your pages). It definitely should be in the arsenal of any web developer.
  
  Couple of things though to mention.
  
  1. It will not work with IIS 6 - I tried.
  2. It will not make your website significantly better SEOed, it will merely point to the errors you have to fix. But it will not tell you what you need to do make it significantly more spider-friendly.
  
  But it is a good tool nevertheless. Whoever was developing it at Microsoft - thank you guys.
  

• @assafg2: I suppose you mean "shared hosting". Yes, can't see why that would matter. You can point the tool at any publicly accessible web server.
  
  @Pieter: no, you can't, but how is that a problem?
  
  @grettir:
  1. to be clear, *the tool* won't install on IIS6, but you can point it to a server running on IIS6. Or Apache. Or ObscureWebServerThatNobodyKnowsAbout 2.0.
  2. For each violation, there is a "recommended action" so I'm not sure I'm following what you're saying.
  

• @Bertrand:
  Thank for letting me know that it can point to IIS6.
  
  You right, there are recommendation there after error is detected. They are usually pretty useful.
  

• Does the toolkit provide insight on why SEO is easier to achieve on BING?
  

• @Andy: not that I know of.
  

• @Bertrand:
  
  Re: SEO on Bing
  
  I'll dig around and let the group know if I find out.
  
  My main website has been much higher in BING than Google. It maybe because the site is only a year old and BING isn't using doamin age or backlink age.
  
  PS: I changed my name (from Andy to VisualisUK to facilitate the Twitter ref.)