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hotbot changing its results

mentioned before, but lets crack it!

         

mr_dredd2

9:25 am on Dec 19, 2001 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I know hotbot is a minor engine nowadays, but still..

it seems to me that it changed the way it brings back directhit/dmoz/ink results about a month ago.
On a whole multitude of sites, my ink results have disappeared and heres the interesting bit.
If you set the no. of results to 100, instead of default 10, i bet you will see the results you had thought you'd lost back at where they were. Obviously, the default 10 rsults uses a different combination. But this combination HAS changed - i would hazard a guess that it uses a hell of a lot more direct hit now.

Any one?

WebGuerrilla

11:44 pm on Dec 20, 2001 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member




I'll admit I don't pay much attention to hotbot anymore, but I don't see anything different. For as log as I can remeber, the top 10 results have been all DirectHit.

ODP and Ink start from 11 on. I did a few sample searches, and it seemed to still be working with those combinations.