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1) Lycos URL search sometimes says a page was not found in their index when it fact it was in there. This is a bug with Lycos's URL search function and NOT with WebPosition. E-mail Lycos about it and perhaps they'll fix the bug after enough complaints.
5) HotBot will not do URL searches accurately at all. WebPosition now skips URL and domain searches for this engine until they add accurate support for these kind of searches. Keyword and phrase searches work fine.
7) It's becoming apparent that the search engines have bugs too and sometimes do not work properly or reliably 100% of the time. For example, we've seen searches fail or give bad results in the morning, then that afternoon, they worked fine. This was for both searches done manually and from WebPosition. Some engines fail for a few hours, then start working again later. If you experience any problems, do the search by hand on the engine to see if its a glitch with the engine or a problem with WebPosition.
We'll continue to issue updates as needed to maintain reliability and accuracy with all the search engines. The above is provided for your information. However, we've found that despite intermittent problems with an engine or two, that searches generally complete and are accurate 99% or more of the time.
An alternative technique to verify whether a particular page/URL is present in a search engine index is to do a keyword/phrase search for a phrase that is likely only to exist on your page. If WebPosition finds that phrase, then you know that your page was indexed. This infomation was provided by WebPosition |
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