pageoneresults - 4:10 pm on Apr 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

I feel that WebTrends should have stuck to what it does best, web metrics.

If they cannot negotiate contracts with the search engines to allow their users to query the database for rankings then they will be in the same boat that WPG was before the merger.

I for one am not real pleased with the merger. I've been an avid supporter of WTL since it first launched. We are now moving into another live reporting program (DeepMetrix) as I just don't feel comfortable with the NetIQ/WPG marriage.

Something tells me that WTL users are going to be in for a rough ride (those who choose to utilize the WPG portion of the package). There will most likely be a footprint somewhere in the WTL code that flags it as a WPG user. It would be very easy for the SEs to determine which sites are querying its database (without explicit permission).

We all know what happens when the SEs find a distinguishable footprint for software that is abusive on their database. ;)