AltaVista UK

[NFFC]

It seems the drive to move UK customers away from .com has started.

[oldtimer]

Do you mean the fact that AV-uk indexes quickly but AV com doesn't?

[NFFC]

No, sorry.

I mean this:

[doc.altavista.com...]

[oldtimer]

In the present company, I don't think I'll mention the old (converse) phrase that comes to mind.

[engine]

Have you seen this operating yet?

[NFFC]

engine,

Yes it popped up on me [at av.com] yesterday morning, haven't seen it since.

[oldtimer]

Yes, I saw it yesterday too.

[engine]

Hmmm, thanks NFFC and oldtimer, I think we knew it was coming, but I've not spotted it yet.
I tried about 20 separate searches on av.com, two separate dialups during today and spotted nothing yet. Perhaps they are still testing.

In some respects, I hope it works as positioning in av uk has been easier (for us uk-based sites) than av.com.

Keep watching the referred traffic to see is their is a boost from av.uk

[NFFC]

You may have a cookie somewhere, try deleting them [if you really want to see it].

If this still doesn't work search for something with UK in the string and it should pop up when you next return.

[oldtimer]

I submitted a .com site to AV.com the spider turned up.
Submitted a co.uk site to AV.com AV spider turned up immediately followed by /brillo - significant do you think?

[oldtimer]

sorry - doubled up

Edited by: oldtimer

[engine]

NFFC - I'll try a new dialup with NS browser and see what I get.

oldtimer - i've been trying to fathom brillo and still not sure. I thought brillo might have been visiting to remove from the database for other reasons (spam removal).
From what you suggest, perhaps it is the "great uk shift"

[oldtimer]

The co.uk site is still indexed on AV com but doesn't do well (does very well in AV-uk) so if Brillo is removing, it's only that page submittal (which is still indexed - but I can't be sure whether it was somewhere in the depths or not before resubmitting) Perhaps it's just removing a duplicate?