Altavista refreshing the index every 6 hours

From gov, edu and the likes sites

[Macguru]

I just read on abondance (french) the AV now refreshes the index every 6 hours. Any other source talking about this?

[goldrake75]

an italian online magazine:
www.punto-informatico.it

[Macguru]

Thanks goldrake75,

I used Opera online translator from Italian to French. I see it was there 2 days ago. It seems that Altavista is trying a serious comeback.

[dstanovic]

Macguru,

<<It seems that Altavista is trying a serious comeback.>>

In my opinion they have a loooooooooooooong way to go (at least in the United States). They need some serious work on their algo to make any kind of comeback. I like it when you type in the name of a major company in Alta and they come up after 6-10 pages in the serps :)

[Macguru]

dstanovic,

I agree with you that AV has a lot of work to do to gain back market share. But it's mainly marketing efforts they need. Relevancy greatly improved on this SE lately. Market share is still in top ten for US, wich isn't that bad.

>>the name of a major company in Alta and they come up after 6-10 pages in the serps

Dont blame AV if some companies cannot even optimise for their own name. :-)

Whathever the situation actually is, their efforts are to be scrutinised.

<added>Just checked more recent stats. According to both MM and NNR they where not in top 10 last month, but where the month before. So, theyr not far from top ten.</added>

[dstanovic]

Macguru,

I wish they would come back :)
We need good SE's that serve relevent results. I know from my own experience that I have a site (not profile)that is #1 on every major SE (not exaggerating)for many different phrases and keywords. I am within the first 100-200 SERPS on Alta for the same keywords/phrases. It wouldn't bother me except sometimes the results have nothing to do with the keywords/phrases that were used and I cannot understand even after visiting the sites where Alta pulled the keywords/phrases from.

[littleman]

Just imagine what would happen to the industry if AV came in and swooped the Yahoo deal this summer. I don't think it is very likely, but you never know.

[digitalghost]

>>swooped the Yahoo deal this summer

Imagining that now...

I see, I see millions of Yahoo users, confused, reading over and over again the words, This Browser Does Not Support Frames. I see the words Ebay at the top of many listings, search For Zip Codes at Ebay, Search For Wisconsin Universities at Ebay...

I see Yahoo proudly announcing that they have increased click rates by a hundred times merely by making things more difficult to find...

I see an ocean of skyscaper ads obscured by pop-ups, I see the Thinkers50 site showing up in SERPS for Beanie Babies...

I see multitudes of Yahooligans migrating to AOL search so they can find web sites once again... :)

DG

[heini]

I'd really like seeing them back in the race. A major deal would probably be just what they need fire up again.
I don't find their ranking that bad. It seems a bit inconsistent though.

But they have all the features on board: Expanded multimedia search, News search, good advanced search options. Along with a brand that's still alive they could make it.

[starec]

I am with digitalhost on this one. To win the market share back they would actually either have to give better service than their competitors or to have deeper pockets to win over some yahoo-like deal. I just don't see any of these things happening in foreseeable future.
6 hour refresh is not the way to go if you have serious relevancy problem and 2 pop-ups per search.

[starec]

A major deal would probably be just what they need fire up again

Not this kind of deal though...
[webmasterworld.com...]

[starec]

correct url

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owner edit does not work right now?

[Consumer Info]

There has been a little talk about top 10 this and top 10 that in this topic....where is a good source for SE stats as far as searches per day...Thanks in advance

[Macguru]

Hi Consumer Info,

Jupiter Media Metrix
NetRatings Ratings
Jupiter MMXI Europe Ratings

Are good places.