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AltaVista remains one of our favorite search engines.
Combining the "free for all" approach of Google
with a smart search engine that constantly evolves, AltaVista
retains its position near the top of our favorites list. On
AltaVista, every page on your site will eventually be spidered,
if you are patient.
AltaVista is the first search engine to ban software submissions
entirely. You must manually submit to their database. It's
a unique and very neat solution.
AltaVista was also the first search engine to ever ban us
for "spamming". It was back in 1996, and we were
obsessed with Alta Vista, painstakingly testing theory after
theory in an attempt to crack their algorithm. Mind you, we
weren't trying to cheat - we were just trying to learn...
AltaVista Search Engine Analysis
URL:
http://www.altavista.com
FREE ADD URL:
http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new
THE KEY:
Optimize each page of your site for one keyword phrase. Submit
your site to Alta Vista's search engine, and put easy-to-follow
links from your home page to all your sub-pages. AltaVista
will follow them eventually.
DIRECTORY:
The AltaVista directory is a copy of the LookSmart directory.
SEARCH RESULTS:
As with every other portal and search engine, AltaVista has
been changing it's partners and it's search results lately.
Now AltaVista's "Products and Services Sponsored Matches
[changed as a result of the recent FTC Recommendations"
section, which appears above the search results, is including
both DoubleClick ads and Overture ads. The "Products
and Services" section usually contains 4 links.
Directly below the "Products and Services Sponsored
Matches" section, in bold, you will see, "We found
##,### results:". What follows are the actual search
results. Except that the very first result is also a sponsored
listing, part of a new service called "AltaVista News,"
in which companies pay AltaVista to list their articles in
the search results. After that first listing are the search
results you're looking for.
You may notice that there are some listings in the AltaVista
search results that have logos and multiple section links
below them. One common set of links is, "Promotions -
Services - About Us - Review - News". Those companies
have paid AltaVista to include their site in the index and
to change the appearance of their listing. Click here to see
how they do it.
Finally, on every page in AltaVista, in the right-hand column,
you will notice either one tall tower banner, or three smaller
ads. AltaVista sells that space to companies such as Ah-Ha
and others.
SEARCH TIPS:
To see how many of your pages are indexed in the AltaVista
database, search host:url.com. Replace url.com with your domain
name.
TOOLS:
AltaVista Search Trends
AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation Service
AltaVista Text-Only Search
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