snort - 9:34 am on Dec 23, 2003 (gmt 0)

I would really like to know if other webmasters really feel like Inktomi results are as relevant or close to ATW, Alta Vista and Google. Do you think INK can really compete with Google results?

Inktomi has a long way to go. For example on one non-commercial term I watch, the top result is the definitive site on the topic, the next 5 results are all resource sites that link to the top site without adding any new information on the topic, and then comes a site that has been defunct for over 4 years and redirects to a dieting site (completely off-topic). Only one of the remaining top ten results provides unique information on the topic.

ATW, AV, and G all provide at least 8 different relevant sites for this topic in the top ten.