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MobilemapsGPL/1.0

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pendanticist

2:50 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Greetings,

Here's a new one I just discovered in my access log files.

www.g-start.com - - [30/Dec/2002:04:14:36 -0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 206 130 "-" "MobilemapsGPL/1.0"

The only time it visited resulted in a 206. <shrug>

This is all they say about their spider:

www.g-start.com/services/mapspider.html

Will this one fall by the way-side or is there some merit for such search & locate engines?

Pendanticist.

jeremy goodrich

6:18 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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That looks fairly interesting - seems that you can download the software to work on it yourself, too.

The interface is novel, but it seems to indicate California should work in the subtext below the search bar - I tried a search which gets me one of 2 radiator shops in a town in California on google in the #1 spot, and in the 1st page of the serps, nothing 'close' to be found :)

Well, hopefully if they get some more developers the projects will advance to a level of utility for all but the research curious.

Nice find!

pendanticist

9:54 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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That looks fairly interesting - seems that you can download the software to work on it yourself, too.

Yes, it does. Pretty much a niche item for me though, but I'm beginning to see the merits...

The interface is novel, but it seems to indicate California should work in the subtext below the search bar - I tried a search which gets me one of 2 radiator shops in a town in California on google in the #1 spot, and in the 1st page of the serps, nothing 'close' to be found :)

Perhaps that's because of California being the original locus/focus?

Well, hopefully if they get some more developers the projects will advance to a level of utility for all but the research curious.

Well said. Kinda makes you wonder how divergent from historical norms engines make be, say ten or twelve years from now.

Nice find!

<chuckle> It found me :o

I'm still wondering how, or if, that 206 might have a negative impact in any way? Or, could it be safe to assume the bot 'recognized' no fresh data since it's last visit?

Actually, I don't think there was a 'last' visit. However, the partial content still puzzles me.....

Pendanticist.

jeremy goodrich

10:37 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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(the url in your post seems to be a dupe / mirror, btw)...and it seems they are located in England? hm.

Bit confusing, honestly - and if their spider got hiccups - he he- perhaps that's why it's an open source kind of thing - to get some more people in on it with experience in such things...?


(can't even recall what 206 means off the top of my head...i get 200, 304, 302, 301, 500, 404, 403, in my logs...but not 206). :)

pendanticist

11:22 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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<snipo>...England?

That being the case, my theory of 'California being the original locus/focus' must be flawed.

Bit confusing, honestly - and if their spider got hiccups - he he- perhaps that's why it's an open source kind of thing - to get some more people in on it with experience in such things...?

Woiks for me.

(can't even recall what 206 means off the top of my head...i get 200, 304, 302, 301, 500, 404, 403, in my logs...but not 206). :)

<Psst! Hey, you! Uh, partial content.>

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Pendanticist.