Blank Submit Page

http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=addurl

[minnapple]

Submit page is blank.
Anyone else seeing this, and if so is there an other url for submitting?
Minnapple

[BoneHeadicus]

Yup...it's blank.:(

[tedster]

Same thing for me -- "document contains no data".

Maybe this week will bring some big news, eh?

[FreeBee]

Blank. Temporary workaround seems to be via UK submission - you're requested whether or not you'd like to submit to AV US - my last attempt was OK.

[luckynh]

Try this
[altavista.com...]

{Netscape 4.07 win 98}

[Woz]

And to think I only submitted yesterday... Hope I didn't break it..

AV Australia [au.altavista.com] seems to be working but there is no mention of submitting to US as well. Don't know if that helps, but for what it's worth...

Onya
Woz

[Steph]

seems to work for altavista.fr
[fr.altavista.com...]
and the link for the submission in the US version work as well

[The Yellow Brand]

I wonder if submitting through the international AV's is doing any good. Of course I'll try it, but everything I see is screaming that the free submit option will be completely phased out.

At best it might be that they just have some problems with the database and/or are flooded with submissions and thats why the submit form is offline, but I doubt it.

tedster said it, we will hear some news soon. I think that they will at least go to pay-for-play only, but I'm toying with the idea that they would dump their own database and switch to using Looksmart and Inktomi/Google as backup. Unlikely, but if they want to cut costs..

[CaveToad]

Now that is nothing but trouble.
With any luck its just down, although its a blank page, not a file/page not found error which would be that it doesn't exist.
Without any luck they may be putting something new in place.
very bad, defintely very bad.

[Marcia]

Thank you, Steph, I just submitted a page, we'll see if it works.

I also sent a query to AV here to ask about the blank page (still showing up).

[ihelpyou]

This is the Url that has been there awhile that I use:

[altavista.com...]

[minnapple]

Thanks ihelpyou,

That standard url seems to be working again. :)
Weird thing is that after I submitted it gave me an error when I clicked on the altavista logo to return to the main alta site even thought the address directed to altavista.com. Whatever . . .

minnapple