Is this Fair?

[Blindsurfer]

Hi Im Keith Ashton from aussieseek.com and lookabout.net at

http://www.aussieseek.com

Its about MSN and somethng done by Inktomi for money
not content and truth A few weeks ago

So even an MSN pick means nothing if a few bucks are concerned ?

We are all loyal creations of his browser and I dont think
Mr Gates would approve of Selling his own children for money

If you do a search for the word aussieseek ( my company and web name)

It used to come straight up in results in msn and metacawler etc
as an MSN pick when searchng for aussieseek
and in any case I would
think it sould come up first as it does with google and evey other
search engine in the world

As it used to on msn metacrawler etc.
But not now
I cant find it any more

We get lots of other aussieseek.com other pages and those linking to us
instead
BUT also when searching for Aussieseek on MSN inktomi
also Now three 3 other Sites come up always at the top
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RESULTS from MSN and INKTOMI SEARCH
Number 1 always

Look About Australia - Australian Search Engines and resources
Look About Australia gives you the best Australian search results and keyword bidding.
www.lookabout.com.au
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The above is not me. It used to be my domain. I let it expire so this guy got
it and put in a search engine using my name.As Id done for many years
His Luck and of course it should come up when doing a search for lookabout
but how come his lookabout tops the list when someone does a serarh
for the word aussieseek ?

It never used to
No mention of Aussieeek in his Meta
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Number 2 always

SecurePaynet.net: Domains Priced Right Low cost domain names, domain transfers, web hosting, email accounts, and so much ...
Domains Priced Right: Pay less for domain names. Register your .com, .net and .org domains for $7.95/yr. Bulk pricing and private domain name registration options. Transfer domain names for $8.95...
www.xoasis.com
??????????? Likewse No mention of Aussieeek in the Meta
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Number 3 Always

Australia Australian Aussie world Search Engines engine AussieSeek au Sydney Chat sms travel to free email money convertor ...
australia world aussie aussiesek seek messageboards AAA matilda australian Search Engine engines Sydney Melbourne Brisbane **** Coast Adelaide Perth Hobart Newcastle Darwin Cairns Wollongong ... SMS-Mobile Phones | Advertise On AussieSeek |Cheap Airline Tickets, Click Here! ... Advertising and Site Promotion on Aussieseek.com and Lookabout.net But try this anyway Heres a TIP for ...
www.interturknet.com/link.php?id=130

A Turkish guy hijacked our domain and redirects traffic via it
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and then the search goes to every other site but the home page
of aussieseek.com which was removed for money


All those who know say that meta tags will not fix it and only a paid
Listing with MSN will
Fix it


Ok its a jungle out there




keith

[Quadrille]

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding, but you don't need to look at the sites for reasons why paid-for listings are top of paid-for results; they'll have nominated their keywords, and will always come above any non-paid-for sites for those keywords.

That's how those searches work, and why Google remains favorite of all honest searchers.

It may be worth your while complaining that they are using your name with no justification - but, even if you have registered your name as a trade mark, I would not expect them to care.

And if you have not registered the name, then you have no (legal) case at all.

A paid listing probably will fix it. It stinks. But I think that's the way it is. :(

[Blindsurfer]

Thanks

Ill just have to wait


Yep. Will just see what they do

[Blindsurfer]

Hello Keith,

Thank you for your email in regards your site. In answer to your
questions:

1. We accept most forms of payments, please find our payment options at
http://www.trellian.com/payment.htm

2. We have had a look at MSN and we have come up with a few viable
answers for you. Firstly the reason the lookabout site is coming up is
because it is most likely still cached from when you had it. Secondly the
reason that aussieseek is not coming up is because the domain has been
redirected to another address, if this is fixed the site might be shown
again in the higher listings.

I hope this information was of help to you.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

Hilton Rutgers
Sales / Account Manager
Trellian / Priority Submit
www.trellian.com
www.prioritysubmit.com
Tel: 61 3 9589 7946
Fax: 61 3 9589 7951

[Dez]

Originally posted by Blindsurfer
Hello Keith,

... trim ...

1. We accept most forms of payments, please find our payment options at
http://www.trellian.com/payment.htm

... trim ...

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

Hilton Rutgers
Sales / Account Manager
Trellian / Priority Submit
www.trellian.com
www.prioritysubmit.com
Tel: 61 3 9589 7946
Fax: 61 3 9589 7951

So here's another question for you..

What could you do it I asked you to add value to around 38,500 dialy ( 24x7x365 ) site submissions to a search engine ( x 2 engines )?

Without betraying the trust of those loyal folk who submit their sites to http://WebSearch.COM.AU and or http://WebSearch.CO.NZ, I've tried in vain for years now to find a bone fide site submission parter who I can provide information about to these dear folk who come and submit their sites, and clearly want to "get their name out there" and could probably do with some further help from a professional SEO, SEM, SES ( Search Engine Submission) provider?

With a simple additional "checkbox" asking [x] Please send me details of how to submit to other search enignes - or somethingto that effect, we could easily gain legit permission from site owners submitting to mys earch engines, to forward you or them to each other and do interesting things ??

I see this as 1) a value add for site owners wanting a broader reach and more traffic, and 2) a small revenue stream for my search engines resulting from a fair percentage of revenue you'd make from paid submissions et al.

Keen to hear your thoughts.

Dez

ps: have you noticed this yet? </plug>

http://www.websearch.com.au/crawl-status.html