{"id":435,"date":"2007-09-27T06:39:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/435"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:37:48","slug":"microsoft-live-webmaster-tools-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/microsoft\/microsoft-live-webmaster-tools-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Live Webmaster Tools Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the month I applied to the beta program for the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/livesearch\/archive\/2007\/08\/22\/our-new-webmaster-portal-and-an-invitation-to-the-private-beta.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Webmaster portal<\/a> when I first heard it was coming out, and yesterday, I finally received my invitation for registration.<\/p>\n<p>You know the way your Aunt or neighbor forwards you those jokes in e-mails where you can see everybody elses e-mail address?   Well imagine my surprise when I got my e-mail, and there in the &#8220;to&#8221; field was everyone that Microsoft they sent this message to.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine that the list I see is really <strong>everyone<\/strong> that they sent it to, because it&#8217;s only a few dozen people, but still, to have a bunch of email addresses copied in the &#8220;to&#8221; field seems absurd for a company like Microsoft,  and at first I thought it was an idiotic oversight.<\/p>\n<p>After looking at the list of people in the to field, many for whom I recognized the domain names and consider competitors, I decided I needed to sign up immediately rather than wait to read what others have to say about it, so I did.<\/p>\n<p>Ahh &#8211; Only then did I catch the clever marketing move at the expense of my privacy&#8230; Nobody at Microsoft could really be so inexperienced at email etiquette that they would &#8220;accidentally&#8221; include the email addresses of so many people, could they?<\/p>\n<p>PS &#8211; Since signing up, I haven&#8217;t heard a word. 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