Re: Search engines (was: Tracking and Looksmart)

From: Alexis D. Gutzman <alexisg_at_marketingsherpa.com>
Date: Fri 26 Jul 2002 13:15:38 -0500

> Alexis Gutzman wrote:
>
> > Yahoo gets its spidered results from Google. MSN and AOL
> > get their spidered results from Inktomi. AskJeeves gets
> > theirs from Teoma
> > (themselves). This means that three spiders matter.
>
>Andrew Ellam wrote:
> Hi Alexis - like Steve, I'm not aiming to split hairs here, but
> just a quick note to point out that AOL changed over a few days
> ago, and now gets its search results from Google.
>
> There's a fine chart of search engine / directory dependencies here:
> http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum5/1234.htm
> (i.e. who gets their results from who)

Andrew,

Where results come from isn't splitting hairs! I think AOL only switched for
paid listings (from Overture to Google). I hadn't seen anything about Google
providing spidered results. There wouldn't be any revenue sharing with
Google, as I'm sure there is with Inktomi, so I'd be surprised to see AOL
making that decision. The chart (nice chart, BTW, I usually use the one at
BruceClay.com or the one at WebPosition) doesn't show any change to the
AOL/Inktomi relationship. I notice that the chart is from July 19. Since
then, AskJeeves announced it would be taking PPC results from Google
AdWords. Overture has got to be hurting!

Regards,
Alexis
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