caine - 11:26 pm on Jun 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

axacta,

Fast looks at your site differently than google. Dependant on how long your site has been in fast, and how it is linked within, and in and out, determines the importance of the page that you refer too, it would seem in this case that its weighted heavily in regards to the rest of your pages, if no other pages are coming up on keyterms or it has not been in fasts database long enough for the rest of the site, to be in the public db!

> Why should I spend any energy on Fast/AllTheWeb?

fair question, because it has a large use by Europeans, and it feeds lycos and subsiduaries. Drill down previous threads in this forum, and you will see who Fast/AllTheWeb, feed, i am sure that will give you reason enough.

> I also question this claim of the largest listings.

why ?, i can't see any reason to disbelieve them, they have been pushing for the 2bn mark for a while, now they have done it.