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Just 3 SE's know what they're doing

         

lizzie

6:32 pm on Nov 5, 2000 (gmt 0)

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There are only 3 search engines that don't play games--
they list my pages in a few days, don't make me guess
what they are up to, don't shuffle my pages around or
put them up then drop them suddenly, don't make me wonder
if they think I somehow spammed them.
These 3 no nonsense all business engines are:
1. Alta Vista
2. Snap
3. GoTo (I don't even submit pages to this one but it
somehow picks up new ones promptly anyway and
keeps them highly ranked indefinitely.)
I think the rest of the engines are run by little power mad
morons. All the talk here about them starting to ban doorway
pages may be true but why WOULD they when doorway pages help
people find exactly what they are searching for? If doorway
pages weren't helpful to searchers then I wouldn't be making
money from them. The rest of the serch engines need to
simplify and rethink the reason for their existence--to help people find what they are searching for, not to act like
private country clubs that are so choosey about who can join.

drbill

2:32 pm on Nov 6, 2000 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Lizzie,

I know what you mean. The only one on your list that stands out to me would be Goto as they use INK for their listing and I know right now INK is acting weird..

AV is a great engine and Snap being the live dir they are always good for a fast insert.. :)

lizzie

4:07 am on Nov 7, 2000 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I meant go.com, sorry.
I get most of my business from these 3 and don't
even worry about the others. Life's too short to
waste on stupidity.

stuart

5:46 pm on Nov 7, 2000 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello Lizzie - I've just spent 8 days and 100s of hours trying to fathom them all out - my eyes and shoulder hurt and this is my first smile, thank you.

lizzie

2:44 pm on Nov 8, 2000 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi Stuart! You can really drive yourself crazy worrying about the antics of all of the search engines. I won't do it anymore.
I just picked the 3 that never give me a problem and optimize for them but submit to them all just in case they want to honor me by including my page. As far as worrying about keyword density and algorithms, I'll leave that to the masochists.

stuart

3:09 pm on Nov 8, 2000 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I must be a macochist. I think I'll start with a few, like you say. If you can give me any tips on submitting hallway/doorway pages to AV, Go & Snap - I'd much appreciate it.