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microdoc
22-02-2003, 06:42/06:42AM
Does anyone get referrals from MetaCrawlers? Which ones if you do get some referrals.
JuniorHarris
23-02-2003, 08:52/08:52AM
We occasionally get a few, but never enough to amount to anything substantial.
ihelpyou
23-02-2003, 08:54/08:54AM
Yes, not many at all. The name escapes me now... but it ends in a z. That's the only one I see referrals from. :)
scottiecl
23-02-2003, 14:40/02:40PM
I see Dogpile referrals pretty frequently. Not a lot of them, but a few each month.
MakeMeTop
23-02-2003, 17:26/05:26PM
Dogpile and Ixquick are the two I see the most from.
microdoc
23-02-2003, 17:56/05:56PM
Why does Dogpile seem to bring results?

Because your are optimized for Google and Dogpile shows results from Google?
scottiecl
23-02-2003, 19:20/07:20PM
Actually, the Dogpile results I seem to get are Texis-based, from Thunderstone's Web Site Catalog (http://go2net.thunderstone.com/texis/websearch/)
markymark
23-02-2003, 20:38/08:38PM
Most of my Dogpile referrals are backfill Overture results (ie: inktomi). I see a few referrals from Mamma and Excite (does that count as a meta-search ?) also.
microdoc
23-02-2003, 21:13/09:13PM
One of my interests in the meta world is whether the absence or presence of Google makes a difference to these guys. It is difficult to obtain permission to use Google as a meta-crawler and I wondered if that is adversly affecting the meta world?

OR whether they do just as well with Inktomi?

Or whether Google matters to these guys at all?

Like those people using FAST -- would they notice at all? Are they not as competitive by searching FAST and others instead of Google?
robertclough
24-02-2003, 00:18/12:18AM
Ixquick, Mamma, and at times, Dogpile. Ixquick has been increasing over the last couple of months.