RE: UKNM: Bad search engines

[Ian Fenn]

At 12:19 31/07/00 +0100, Jude wrote:

>What makes the keyword system so different from the user perspective, is

>that they only get high quality results- no rubbish- no dead links -no

links

>leading to britney spears nude mpegs ('less thats what your after). What

the

>user gets is quality.


If only that were true. My own experience of goto.com is that companies

with big bucks are being awarded search terms that they can offer only one

page of content against. They are also being allowed to have the click-thru

lead the visitor to their home page rather than to the correct and relevant

destination.


Cash-poor niche sites (like mine) end up further down in the results,

despite arguably offering more detailed and relevant content.


It therefore doesn't follow that visitors gets high quality results from

this system.


Money talks, as always.


--

Ian Fenn

http://www.chopstix.net/ - The award-winning Oriental food and culture site.



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