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From the announcement,
"Web site owners can now guarantee their listing(s) are included within the search indexes of Excite (www.excite.com), Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com) and MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com), among others."
InfoSpace's Guaranteed Search Inclusion program was developed in tandem with ah-ha.com, Inc., one of the largest providers of online advertising solutions. InfoSpace's Guaranteed Search Inclusion program features include:
-- Two options: 1.) Excite and/or 2.) The InfoSpace Search Partner Network, which includes Dogpile, WebCrawler and MetaCrawler, among others.
-- Listing(s) added to the search index within 72 hours and refreshed every 48 hours.
-- Dynamically generated URL tool, which automatically registers sub-URLs without keying them into the system individually.
-- Competitive and cost effective pricing starting at $49.95 per year.
-- Advanced reporting options, which are easy-to-use, provide accurate, up-to-the-minute tracking for each listing, and more.
-- Customer support services, including live assistance Mon.-Fri. from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. MST.
Infospace seems to be hedging their bets: they work with Google through Webcrawler, they just launched their own PFI program with Ah-ha, and they have been working with Overture / Findwhat for a while now on their meta engine properties...
So it seems in some ways, all roads lead to them if you pay for clicks. As far as syndication goes...I wonder if that's a bad thing, if you are paying for many different programs...
Since they have worked with Over/Findwhat for a while, it makes a lot of sense given the size of their network to have their own program.
I'm betting that if it does well / marketers get enough value out of it, we'll see their own program as the *only option* at some point.
Kudos to Ah-ha. I hope they do well.
Sorry just venting a little disappointment from all the work that I have done.
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