New AV DB

[mark_roach]

It appears that AV are using a new database during their testing of their goto paid listings. I have not looked too closely at my logs, but the database seems to have been built by visits from all those mercator spiders that we saw in October and November.

[mayor]

You may be right, mark_roach. When I run queries url: www.mysite.com at Alta Vista recently, I've seen results toggling between 3 pages found and 520 pages found. I would certainly seem that there are two databases involved here.

I used to get a lot of traffic from AV. But a couple of months ago, it looked like AV decided to ban my site (I have no idea why ... I was behaving ... unless AV has began banning or peanlizing unpaid shopping sites, which I am very suspicious is happening) and began listing only the home page. Then AV began reporting the home page plus two pages I have listed in DMOZ. More recently, it began toggling between listing those three pages and listing 520 pages (which would be the whole site). Also, a trickle of traffic has returned, but from pages that are buried very deep. These pages used to draw good traffic so it appears they are being subject to a new algorithm.

[msgraph]

Here's what I found out yesterday from one site of mine.

From June 2000 to Nov. 2000 I had one doorway_root_index page(page A) in Altavista's results.

On Nov. 5 I replaced that page with another doorway page (page B) and submitted it again.

On Dec. 12 I replaced the doorway page again (page C). Re-submitted it then too.

Page B was displayed in Altavista's results the last week of December.

Then from Jan. 2 - Jan.7 (Page A)'s was diplayed again in their results (don't know why)

Now since Jan.8 (page B) is back in Altavista's results.

I have not seen (page C) listed at all yet.