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altavista is redirecting

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mack

2:46 am on Jun 16, 2001 (gmt 0)

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i often use altavista.com but when ever i attempt to enter that site i am now redirected to uk.altavista.com i prefere the us site because of the extra search tools why hav av done this...

jimmykav

9:27 am on Jun 16, 2001 (gmt 0)

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this has been going on and off for some time. Usually there is a link at the bottom to take you to the "United States" though....

mack

4:11 pm on Jun 16, 2001 (gmt 0)

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yea i have found the link at the bottom but i just wish av would allow the user to decide what site they wish to use.

jimmykav

7:44 pm on Jun 16, 2001 (gmt 0)

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agreed mack.
The "wee know better that you do where you want to search is anoying"
if i want to search british stuff i would goto av.co.uk, when i want to search world ill go to av.com etc.

engine

8:43 pm on Jun 16, 2001 (gmt 0)

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mack, you'll find more on this point here [webmasterworld.com...] in the UK & Ireland forums.

You are not the only one finding this frustrating.