minnapple - 4:50 am on Sep 14, 2000 (gmt 0)

My sites have been very unpredictable on altavista over the last three or four months. I really do not spend a tremendous amount of time analyzing it because it is not my core business.

I am sure they are not doing (whatever it is)is not to intentionally drive us crazy. And I hope in sometime in the future we can offer our clients some meaningful direction to how they can, we can, construct their sites to attract a large population of altavista viewers consistently.

I for one feel that the users should find relevant material when searching and any trickery to lead them to something otherwise is a detriment to our industry. However it seems with the current status even sites that do serve relevant material are aghast to retain due listings.