Get Invites for Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Portal

Microsoft is planning to launch the Live Search Webmaster Portal, though still in private beta, it aims to be a central resource to find all tools and information relating to Live Search SEO. Webmasters can now request an invitation to preview the service.

The official blog for the Live Search team at Microsoft introduces the Live Search Webmaster Portal, which will provide the next-generation set of tools, content and resources for SEO professionals and webmasters. They mention some expected features

* Troubleshooting tools to ensure MSNBot is effectively crawling and indexing your site
* Sitemap creation, submission and ping tools
* Statistics about your website
* Consolidation of content submission resources
* New content and community resources

Meanwhile they have created a private beta program to help some invited webmasters preview the features and give feedback on the webmaster portal. Want an invite to Live Search Webmaster Portal? Send a email to lswmp@microsoft.com to apply.

Such tools are a great help to webmasters to optimize their website and get higher search engine rankings in major search engines. Google Webmaster Central and Yahoo Site Explorer already offer similar services to optimize SEO results of your site.