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Tor, BOW is Inktomi's permanent database. You can find more information by using the site search (top left). It's basically older sites that have been in for quite a while.
AFAIK, the only way to get into BOW is to be linked to by a site already in there.
I'm not seeing a change on the MSN serp I use to spot-check. Top 10 still in place.
(We had Brett put BOW [searchengineworld.com] in the glossary.)
(edited by: rcjordan at 1:17 pm (utc) on April 30, 2002)
If it's a big update, it might explain the fall in paid pages.
The Question:
Have we been dropped from MSN.com because L$.com have gone pay-per-click or is there trouble at MSN.com at the minute?
Chris.
P.S. We paid to be in MSN we are not in through INK, however, if INK is updating could this effect MSN.
There has just been a BOW update on Ink, I've moved up on my primary keyphrase to #1 from #3. I used to be at #1 18 months ago and changed my page - taken me all this time to get the position back!
I haven't seen this thread so I posted another one similar to this.
Starting from May 1st our ratings dropped for some of the keywords on Inktomi-powered SE's (MSN, Hotbot, ICQ, AOL Search), and the same happened to our main competitors, too. Some other keywords still perform fine.
Some of the websites now occupying top positions are quite irrelevant.
We paid to be indexed by Inktomi on Feb, 2002. We are not listed at Looksmart, so I guess this is solely an Inktomi issue.
Op's sorry bobbysongs I may not have answered your question, try searching for your URL using hotbot/PT pure results
[hotbot.lycos.com...]
Pure results is also another way of displaying only Ink results
[169.207.238.189...]
Thanks for the links.
I know what hotbot is, but the PT (position tech) is new to me.
That displays ONLY Inktomi results then?
Does that mean it displays all Inktomi results?
I am interested in finding BOW results that have been mentioned in the thread, how can we find BOW results that are different from normal Inktomi results?
But it seems to me that the redirect pages are those who have paid Inktomi.
The other listings are in Inktomi thru some other means, any ideas how they got in?
And does the fact that they are in without paying mean that they are BOW?
If you do not renew your account at Inktomi will the sites remain in the index without the redirects?
submitted, maybe goo, althought I think that door has now been shut, followed a link from another site that's listed within the BOW (the best way into the BOW IMH)
And does the fact that they are in without paying mean that they are BOW?
I beleave so
If you do not renew your paid pages they will be removed.
It displays all Ink results if Return Results are set to 25 or higher (see the left column to set it).
If you set to 10 (that is the default set) the first 10 results are from Direchit.com: that first 10 results replace the first 10 Inktomi results; it means that in this case on the second page you have Ink results starting at 11th pure Ink results.
