RE: RE: UKNM: Bad search engines

[Stewart Dean]

My understanding was the same as matt, 


You pay to get listed faster - this makes sense. Yahoo has to hire lots of

people to update the directory, if you want something done faster they have

to get special people and they have to pay them.


Are there any _major_ search engines that you actually pay to get listed

first?


I doubt it. 


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From: Matthew Blake [MBlakebta [dot] org [dot] uk (mailto:MBlakebta [dot] org [dot] uk)]

> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 12:33 PM

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> Subject: Re: RE: UKNM: Bad search engines

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> I always thought that the Yahoo only charged for 'express 

> listings', in

> other words if you pay your $199 you are guaranteed consideration for

> inclusion in their listings within 7 days.  My understanding 

> was that this

> wouldn't effect the editorial process at all, ie it doesn't 

> ensure that you

> will actually be included if your site isn't worthy and 

> doesn't mean that

> your placing will be any better than sites submitted that don't pay.

> Furthermore, last time I looked into this it only related to 

> e-commerce

> sites that would come under the category of 'Business & 

> Economy: (whatever)'

> (hence Packard Bell being classified as Business & Economy: 

> Business To

> Business: etc etc).  So for the vast majority (if not all) of 

> their listings

> it's all down to editorial discretion and is absolutely free.

> The information supplied by Google is merely supplementary to their

> directory, in much the same way as that which was supplied by 

> Inktomi used

> to be.

> 

> Matt B

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> Matt Blake

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> British Tourist Authority

> http://www.visitbritain.com

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