Re: Search engine rankings...as if you cared!

From: Randall Vlahos <rvv_at_smart.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:56:33 -0600 (CST)

ROB VAN SLYKE @ TENAGRA WROTE:
>> It's a catch-22 situation. To be found in the first few
>> pages on Hot Not (Freudian type-o - Hot Bot) you have be the
>> most visited, but to be the most visited (using my logic
>> above) you have to be listed in the first few pages.

ROBERT WOODHEAD REPLIED:
>They claim that they have safeguards against people trying
>to manipulate their system, but that's just another "arms
>race" situation. I'm sure that, for example, if 30 of us
>got together and agreed to help each other out by doing a
>single search a day (each time for a different conspirator),
>drilling down and clicking on their URL, we could raise our
>site's ratings.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Along these lines, I received a spam (below) today which
managed to disturb me. ( I try not to take new developments
too seriously, since they so often fizzle or change) But
what about these "satellite sites" they claim to use. If
the "Direct-hit" approach really does catch on, I can see
thousands of companines doing this, sucking up bandwidth and
wreaking havoc on traffic analysis.

What a mess!

Randal Vlahos
Vlahos Designs




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Received on Thu Mar 11 1999 - 14:05:42 CST