martinibuster - 10:51 pm on May 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

...you guys sure don't know much about search syndication.

Let me clarify:
When I say AJ, I mean their entire network. With the current purchase of IHS, Ask Jeeves reach is reported to be 7%. A far smaller number than the 25% being hyped by Nielsen's extrapolation.

In light of what webmasters know from observing their logs, 25% is a number that is exaggerated to the point of being ludicrous. If that figure were not an opinion, it would certainly qualify as a lie.

Neilsen takes their numbers from a panel of users then extrapolates their survey data. It's a guess. Log files do not lie. AJ (and their network) in no way send me or anyone I know 25% search traffic.

Download.com and Tucows are two of the single largest download directories on the internet and neither is powered by Teoma.

I am not aware of one significant download directory that is powered by Ask Jeeves.

[edited by: martinibuster at 11:08 pm (utc) on May 14, 2004]