Does Overture power every search engine?!

[heatherhab]

Does Overture power every $#@$$%^% friggin search engine except for Google? I doubt if I signed up for Site Match, that they would accept the listing right?(Of course they would take my $49.00 to "review". Are MSN results and Yahoo both powered by Overture Site match now?


Signed,


Frustrated!

[redex]

My take on this is that MSN will be dumping Inktomi results when it lauches butterflysearch. In preparation, Overture/Yahoo realizes that ink results will be worthless so they are replacing them with paid inclusions via Site Match. At least that is how I see it.


Has anybody investee $49 to see if they get listed?

[redex]

Just got this email


ATTENTION ALTAVISTA PAID INCLUSION MEMBERS: BEGINNING TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2004, OVERTURE SITE MATCH SEARCH RESULTS WILL BEGIN APPEARING IN THE ALTAVISTA SEARCH ENGINE INDEX. ALTAVISTA WILL BEGIN TO USE THE NEW YAHOO SEARCH ALGORITHM (Site Match) FOR INDEXING URLS AND DISPLAYING THE RESULTS THROUGHOUT ALTAVISTA . IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A SITE MATCH MEMBER AND WISH TO BECOME ONE, GO TO WWW.INFOSPIDER.COM AND SIGN-UP!


If you would like to participate in the exciting new Site Match program, go to www.infospider.com. There, we can help you with any questions and assist you with entering your URLs for proper placement in the Site Match index. Go to http://www.infospider.com/demo/ and check-out the customer dashboard that gives you click reporting and index status of your URLs, plus keyword ranking positions.


NOTE: YOUR ALTAVISTA MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT TRANSFER OVER TO THE NEW SITE MATCH INCLUSION PROGRAM. YOU MUST SIGN-UP YOUR URL'S TO THE NEW SITE MATCH INCLUSION PROGRAM. GO TO WWW.INFOSPIDER.COM TO BECOME A SITE MATCH MEMBER.


infoSpider's AltaVista Express Inclusion service will continue to provide your URL(s) daily re-indexing and refreshed listing in the AltaVista search results for a period of six months from the time they were signed up. AltaVista's Express inclusion program will be coming to an end when all current URL subscriptions expire. New URLs are no longer being accepted and active URLs cannot be renewed, but current members will continue to receive the same service they ordered until their active URLs expire. The Overture Site Match Express inclusion program replaces the AltaVista Express Inclusion program. You can sign-up to the new Overture Site Match Express inclusion program by going to http://www.infospider.com at anytime.


To subscribe to the new Site Match Inclusion program, go to www.infospider.com . We will help you sign-up and answer any questions you may have. Site Match is an exciting new program that will help give you targeted clicks and increased exposure through-out the World-Wide-Web!


Sincerely,


The infoSpider Customer Support Team


http://www.infospider.com

[redex]

Nevermind, answered my own question after I read the fine print:


Pages Overture Site Match Does not Want Included in Its Index:


Content that is illegal or fraudulent, or sites with content, products or services deemed to be of questionable legality or that are otherwise objectionable, including:
<UL>
<LI>Sites that advocate, depict, glorify or promote the following: bestiality; cannibalism; incest; necrophilia; pedophilia; prostitution; rape; torture; hate (sites that contain content threatening harm)
<LI>Sites that sell or give away the following: automatic or military-style assault weapons; falsely-obtained passwords; fake ids; warez; prostitution services; illegal drugs; prescription drugs without prescriptions; Cuban cigars </LI>[/list]

[rxmary]

well, I guess the good news in the fine print is: If you rank highly on AV or Yahoo already for prescription type keywords, you'll not have competition from Overture Site Match. (In theory of course)

[tmittleman]

There's a great relationship chart at bruceclay's site. Not sure I can post the URL but it's easy enough to find. It shows who Overture affiliates with and the rest.smileys/smiley2.gif