The Windows Live Expo and Windows Live Alerts teams have teamed up and launched a new feature that allows you to post a listing and automatically opt-in your Messenger buddies to be notified with an desktop alert (sample below) indicating that you have posted something for sale on Expo.    We have been watching this feature and have blown away with the response.  The click thru rates for buddies....

For those of you that have followed the Windows Live Alerts service, you'll have noticed the team's evolution of the service, with new features that enable content providers to brand their notificiations and now associate advertising with content that their readers have opted into receiving through the Alerts service. The team has referred to the evolution of this feature set as "Super Toast&....

If you have a site with a RSS feed, it is easy to add alerts so your subscribers get updated instantly!  The Alerts team loves when we discover fun uses of alerts.  Here are a couple of recently added partners:   Triforce - From the site FAQ: Q. Is any member of The Triforce a current videogaming world champion? A. (simon) Great question! Yes, I am: at Sensible Soccer. The official - and inaugu....

Windows Live Alerts on your blog or space is a great tool for letting people that follow your blog to instantly know when you publish updates, driving frequency of use and happy readers.  It takes a little manual configuration, but the following steps are straight forward: Sign up for Alerts here You'll receive an e-mail from Alerts and you need to click the link to accept the terms of use You....

Welcome to Windows Live Alerts.   The service was originally launched as .NET Alerts but has also sported the MSN Alerts and Microsoft Alerts brands, and provides people a great way to let the information they care about find them, and businesses a powerful tool for delivering timely information to their customers. The premise of the service is simple: let the information you care about find you.....