Contacting Inktomi

Site disappeared

[crobb305]

Is there anyway to contact Inktomi to determine why a site has disappeared from serps?

Thanks

[mcavic]

I doubt it, if you're not paying for inclusion. I'd say be patient - as long as you're not banned for some reason, the listing may come back eventually.

[crobb305]

I did pay for inclusion. My site has been at the top of the Inktomi serps for over a year. Vanished. LOL

I have seen this happen in the past, so maybe it will come back.

[mcavic]

Ah, in that case the company you're paying through definitely should be able to help you.

[steveb]

No they won't, unless "disappeared" means the URL is not listed at all. If you went from third to 758 the PFI folks won't help at all.

[crobb305]

There must have been some glitch, or my site was down when Inktomi tried to crawl. No spam, so no reason for penalty. I didn't get that much traffic from Inktomi considering a lot of my hits through MSN came from my L$ listing anyways. So, no big loss, I suppose.

[mcavic]

No they won't, unless "disappeared" means the URL is not listed at all. If you went from third to 758 the PFI folks won't help at all.

Well yeah, I assumed disappeared really meant disappeared. Try searching for your url on Hotbot.

[crobb305]

Well...after some emails to Inktomi, my site reappeared today. Not sure what happened. It has been listed and at the top of the serps for over a year...then gone. But after a week, of being gone, it is back.

LOL
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